We don’t give out our home number. If the land line rings 95% of the time it’s a sales call, or some moocher trying to scam money out of us. I answer “Bonjour! Comme se va?”  If they don’t speak French they are out of luck. Now I never answer in Spanish, because they might speak Spanish [not that I really remember much Spanish from our missions in Ecuador years ago].

I grew up in English speaking Canada where we were obligated to learn French. What we learned was Parisian French, not Quebecois. That created a problem when you went to French speaking Quebec or the French Communities of New Brunswick. After four years of French in school I could speak some Parisian French, but ordering French Fries in Quebec was beyond me. How was I to know that French fries, or fried “pomme de terre” was actually “patate frites”? In learning Spanish in Texas I wonder what the correlation what kind of Spanish is spoken here? Probably not Castellano!

Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

Confía en Jehová y haz el bien; habitarás en la tierra y te apacentarás de la verdad.

Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Deléitate asimismo en Jehová y él te concederá las peticiones de tu corazón.

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.

Encomienda a Jehová tu camino, confía en él y él hará. [Psalm 37:3-5].