Twodays

Feb 2
We had girls nite again last nite, and I really enjoyed it. We read Psalm 147, a praise psalm, and it was a good time for remembering gratitude. It’s also just fun to get to know the women who come a little better. Angelica’s hearing sister and Yelizta’s hard of hearing sister who doesn’t really sign both came tonight too. I ended up interpreting into English for them most of the evening. It was a good experience on a personal and linguistic level. Personally, it was cool to have the two women be involved in the group. At first I was a little worried that my interpreting would throw off the experience for the Deaf women there by interrupting the flow of conversation, but I asked Nancy about it and she said she was glad the two hearing/ hard of hearing girls got to participate. Yelitza too said she was grateful her sister could engage in conversation with the group, so that was a gratifying interpreting moment. The reason I love interpreting is because I feel like being bi/trilingual is a skill I’ve been privileged enough to get to develop that I can now offer in order to contribute to the strengthening of connections between people, and when that happens it’s a really awesome thing to see.
Strictly in regards to internship-experience, it was great practice in interactive interpreting (as opposed to interpreting a lecture, for example). Negotiating turn-taking was tricky, as I tried to find the right moment to sign what one of the girls had just spoken, while everyone else was moving on with the conversation. It was a comfortable environment where almost everyone knew each other though, so they were all very patient with me and I thought it went well. I think I really like that type of interpreting (conversational b/t both languages), rather than only going one direction. It's cool to interpret in a situation that allows interaction b/t participants. En fin, to end the night, we broke out a photo album from last year and everyone “introduced” me to all the church members I haven’t yet met. Looking forward to meeting them in person.

To summarize today in two sentences, it was a busy but low-key day getting ready for Nancy’s supervisors to arrive. Kristel stayed this weekend with us (Sulmi is back at her own house for the weekend), so we hung out too. Tomorrow is church day, and then my kinda crazy week begins. Teachers, please be sending your fortifying thoughts my way:).

Warmth to you all!


New Vocab
106.fool/trick: (v) p-in pinch nose. Alejandro’s trying to trick his friends by telling them the wrong answer.
107.Argentina: Lh p-in C by shoulder, Rh p-in claw by abs, Rh strums. Argentina had a big soccer game today. River vs. Boca.
108.Mario: =Myron