Friday, February 29, 2008

Patricio

We love and miss this kid.

Patrick is staying in Honduras until the end of March. He's having a lot of fun working with the missionaries and the Cause for Hope offices. You can learn more about Cause for Hope here.

We hope his Spanish improves while he is there. Here are some examples of when his language skills could have been helpful;
  1. While Patrick and Hiram were driving one day, Patrick noticed a billboard with the words "Jesus Saves". Patrick quickly asked Hiram what "Hey-Soos Saw-vase" meant (writing the pronunciation is harder than it looks). We all got a good laugh. Sometimes he tries too hard to speak spanish.
  2. While in Honduras, Patrick is staying with a man and his young family. One of the young daughters asked Patrick if he would like to play a game called "Uno". Patrick immediately translated the word and was imagining a game of "one" having no idea that it was the game he's played in America growing up.
  3. And lastly, while the whole family was in Honduras, Patrick was really sick. After being in bed a few days, he finally felt better and ventured out with the rest of the family. After trying to speak to a few people, Patrick finally responded "I was feeling really confident in my Spanish until someone started talking to me."
We love and miss you Patrick, good luck with your Spanish.

3 comments:

Adam said...

Good luck, Patty Rocks!

Tanya said...

i know just how he feels

Laurie said...

Hey, Hiram and Jane....thank you soooo much for coming to Vince's open house. It was great to see you!!! We saw you from a distance in Church as well, but didn't get a chance to say hi!!! Jane, you get more beautiful each time we see you!!! You to Hiram :)!!
So fun to read about your darling family. Patrick doing an internship in Hondurus?? Wow, what a great experience. Andrew cutting a CD...where can we get one?
I don't know if we told you or not, Matt leaves on the 9th of April. He will serve in Malaga, Spain. He is excited.
Thanks again for coming to the open house. We miss you guys!!