01.09.07

Being Bilingual

Posted in language, travel at 8:28 am

So I suppose by now I can be considered bilingual, though I still stutter and stammer my way through Italian on occasion. I noticed this weird little quirk when we were in Germany, an obviously non-Italian-speaking country. Whenever someone started speaking to me in German, Italian would come out. Many people in Germany speak English. But for some reason my brain heard German, switched into foreign language mode, and Italian came out. I had to force myself to use English.

Have any other bilingual people out there experienced something similar? And what language comes out when you’re trilingual?!

01.03.07

Home Run

Posted in christian resources, travel at 9:24 am

We were blessed at the Mid-Winter Rally this year to have Mark & Carla Scott come and be our main speaker and worship leader. Mark spoke on a few of the parables and my teammate, Josh, had the foresight to record the sermons. He passed them out to all those who attended and I’m sharing them with you. As my good friend Randy Jones said, “He knocked it out of the park.” Definitely worth the download:

Intro to the Parables
Upside Down Love
Upside Down Authority
Upside Down Care
Upside Down Grace

I especially enjoyed how many of Mark’s illustrations were from people at Ozark Christian College, where I graduated and used to work. It brought back some of the “good ol’ days” for me!

01.02.07

Clapping on a Plane

Posted in culture, travel at 3:20 am

We just got back from the Mid-Winter Rally in Hermeskeil, Germany. Lots of blog posts came to mind while I was there, so I’ll be posting a little more frequently.

One thing I love about flying on a plane with Italians is that they almost always applaud when the plane lands. I’ve been on longer international flights when everyone applauds just because we finally get to get off the plane. But even on short Italian flights, as soon as all three wheels are on the ground, the crowd goes wild. It’s kind of a fun thing.