Come se dice...?

Tonight me, Shae, Josie, Ryan, and Jackson went to hang out with Carmen and Elena, two of the Hondurans who go to our church sometimes. It took us a little while to find their place, but once we got to talking, the fun began :) Elena has been living in Italy for a longer period of time than Carmen. Elena speaks Italian well, but Carmen is not so confident and less practiced...much like us. We all tried to get out understandable sentences to each other and managed to pull it off. I loved how we were all in the same boat and no one got frustrated or annoyed with anyone else. We were just 6 young adults who speak (or at least partially) 3 different languages. Once, Jackson was trying to ask how to say a certain phrase in Italian, but I could only think of it in Spanish. So he asked me, I asked Elena, and Elena told us what it was.

We ended up walking around and getting gelato at this place around the corner. We talked about games, pets, languages, family, and whatever else we thought up and managed to find words for. Those girls are awesome and I'm glad that we have them to hang out with.

We also managed to schedule in some more hang out dates. I noticed in their apartment a box of dominos, so I asked who liked to play. Elena said she does so we set up a game time with them at the church. We also asked if they wanted to go to Firenze with us.

On Sunday is Maynor's birthday. He is a Honduran boy who goes to the church too. He actually lives right next door to us. He has been hanging out with us a lot lately. He comes over and Josie helps him with his homework and the guys will play video games with him. We also like to play soccer with him and his friends sometimes. We've been invited to his birthday party on Sunday, where we will also see Carmen and Elena along with the rest of his family who attends church.

Of all the Hondurans that attend church (about 10 or so) I believe only 1 is baptized. We are hopeful to have studies with them later as we build relationships and communication becomes easier.