Speaking Spanish

Today I’m in a thankful mood. I was thinking this morning about the simple fact that I am in a completely Spanish speaking community, as a Gringo in an area where nobody speaks English but me. Thankfully my life has followed a path that has allowed me to learn Spanish and maintain the ability to speak it. I’m thankful to God for putting my family in the Dominican Republic as I was growing up, helping me learn Spanish at a very young age. I also want to thank my parents for putting me in a Spanish immersion school when we moved back to the US, and ensuring that my language development would continue. Thankfully through the years I’ve maintained my Spanish speaking, so here I am in Nicaragua, living with a community of people who don’t speak English, able to communicate perfectly well. I hope that one day, if I have kids, they can have the same opportunity that I have had.