I
absolutely love when Sandra and Juan Lu get worked up about something at the
dinner table because it is so entertaining to watch and hear them talk. It’s
like, way better than watching the tele.
I cannot believe human beings are capable of speaking that rapidly; we
should make a video of them talking like that to each other to show everyone
just how impressive and intimidating Andalucian Spanish can be. Plus their
expressions cause us to giggle uncontrollably. To the point of all
out-laughter, and the funny thing is that they don’t even mind our pure beguilement—without
flinching, their voices continue to rise and their whole body gets into it
until I think they are going to fall out of their chairs! (Okay, so maybe they secretly get a kick out of our amusement; I hope so!) It is such a show. I
am really going to miss this.
Tonight the vexation was their phone company. I truly feel for them—Spanish phone companies
sound just plain awful in regards to customer service. The couple was irritated
to the max today, this Zach and I know, because it was the only topic of
discussion at both lunch and dinner. Hombre.
When these
kind of comical mealtimes occur, Sandra and Juan Lu are not getting mad at each
other, in fact, they never argue in front of us. They just like to vent about
ordinary life problems with one another and with us. I have loved getting to
know these two in such wonderful detail. They have truly shared their lives
with us. Not just their home and shower and washing machine. But who they are. What makes him Juan. What
makes her Sandra. They are such beautiful people, these two. Although they don’t
realize it and are not really trying, we see Jesus in them. In small and big
ways. Their hospitality throughout the entire semester has been incredible. So impacting,
actually, that Zach and I have been inspired to open our home to study-abroad
students someday. We think that’d be so cool. Worthwhile and life-enriching. I
just need to learn how to cook first. J
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