{"id":301,"date":"2013-09-17T17:03:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T16:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/?p=301"},"modified":"2013-09-17T17:03:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T16:03:38","slug":"to-speak-or-not-to-speak-that-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/to-speak-or-not-to-speak-that-is-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"To Speak or not to Speak, that is the Question!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lindsey attending a wedding with her friends, Christine and Sara!<\/p>\n

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Monday, September 16, 2013<\/p>\n

To speak or not to speak, that is the question. Although, I do feel like I have made tons of progress in my French speaking abilities, I feel like right now I am at the point that I know enough French to make promises, but not enough French to know what I\u2019m promising! I\u2019m afraid I am going to start getting myself into trouble. Well not really trouble, but I think you will start to understand my dilemma.<\/p>\n

I had just purchased a bulk amount of tomato paste (seriously we basically use it in everything we cook). It\u2019s one of our few staples here. Well, I went shopping with a friend, and asked if she needed any tomato paste, she said she would like to share a carton with me. I said no problem we can share a carton; I didn\u2019t buy any because I had some. When we got back to our house, she came by with \u00bd a carton of tomato paste. \u00a0Well come to find out, she had also just purchased some and wanted to share the cost of her carton with me! Guess what, I had already promised that I would. Now I have a carton and a \u00bd of tomato paste (75 cans).<\/p>\n

Not much later, my friend was riding to town with us, and a couple of weeks prior, we had just attended a wedding together. In the car ride, she asked what I was doing that day. I told her I was meeting our other friend Christine. She started to tell me something about the wedding, and Christine. She talked about clothes, money and something else about being a Christian. She said I will give you that (for Christine) and you can give me money. I recognized a lot of words, but I just couldn\u2019t understand everything she was telling me. Did that stop be from agreeing? Did I learn from my previous communication problem? No of course not! Instead of saying I\u2019m sorry Sara I just don\u2019t understand. I said, no problem! I will take care of it.<\/p>\n

Oh what did I just do? At the wedding, Sara was talking to Christine. She said that she had some fabric for sale. It\u2019s a really popular fabric that if you wear it everyone will know that you are a Christian. However, it\u2019s really just not pretty (in my opinion). Come to find out, Christine didn\u2019t want to buy it. But in the car I told her I would take it to Christine, and bring back money! Oh, how embarrassing to come back and tell her, I didn\u2019t want to buy it, and neither did Christine.<\/p>\n

Oh when will I learn to ask for help if I don\u2019t understand something? Seriously, I know I need to keep practicing, but I also need to admit when I just don\u2019t understand. It\u2019s ok to not know. It\u2019s ok to ask for help. But Lindsey, please stop promising people things when you don\u2019t know what you are saying! Who knows, I may have already promised everyone in Gemena I will buy him or her food, I wouldn\u2019t know that I promised it, but it\u2019s possible!<\/p>\n

Pray for my pride. I have to remember there is always a learning curve for everything. And it\u2019s also quite normal to not be good at everything all the time, and its fine to ask for help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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