Our roommate...

On our second day at Wycliffe, we acquired a new roommate in the ample two bedroom apartment where we were being housed for the week. We were joined by Irma Espinoza, a fellow AF missionary, who works among the Candoshi Indians of Peru. Steve knows Irma from his many trips to Peru, and I had the opportunity to meet her at the end of 2001.

Sharing the apartment allowed us to talk over breakfast and late in the evenings after the meetings had ended. It was so much fun listening to Steve & her conversing in Spanish, and I felt like I was understanding more as the days went on. We can only imagine what Ian thought about Daddy's strange new way of talking though. He may have been watching the Sprout channel, but we could tell he was listening to the Spanish conversation. Who knows? Maybe Ian will start speaking in Spanish soon too.

As a side note, Ian warmed up to Irma very quickly and soon was looking for her whenever we went to the conferences. When he spotted her, he would either run excitedly towards her or he would begin chattering up a storm... It sounded to me like he was trying to say "Irma". Once in her presence, he would begin to flirt with her--across the room, between tables-- he didn't care. Apparently, he is a fluent flirter. :)

***NOTE TO MYSELF: Take some Spanish classes soon!! This is my second opportunity to be immersed in the language, but not able to communicate, except in the most basic terms… Fortunately for me, Irma's (and some others’) grasp of English is better than my Spanish!