My Grandma Friend

This precious old lady's special hat denoted her as a grandma.

Isn't she cute? She spoke hardly any of the national language, but she sat with me, held my hand, and asked me lots of questions in the tribal language that I couldn'tt answer!

I was able to tell her that I had three daughters (she was delighted when Laney skipped up.) and she was able to tell me that she is 83. She was so proud!

I got her some teas and we shared a few laughs.

I felt so rude that I could barely talk to or understand her, though!

Matt said later, "You mean just like everywhere else?" I thought, no -- at least in Mandarin I can SAY when I don't understand! I can ask questions. I can make small talk.

And that is when I realized how much I've learned!