Language

I'm a verbal person - one of my spiritual gifts is preaching and another teaching - both are about effective communication. More than anything else that might occasionally bother me here, I'm frustrated by my inability to communicate at any deep level. In the last few days I've been around people who speak Latvian, Russian, German and some various dialects from the UK (Yorkshire is impossible to understand!) Even with those who also speak some English, I feel limited and I know they do, too. I'm learning a little Latvian and they all cheer me on and tell me how great I'm doing (they are much too nice) but I can't carry on a real conversation and that's what I'm about - it's how I know what means is effective to reach people with preaching and teaching. And it's how I develop friendships.

I don't have the answer and some days it doesn't bother me at all. Some days I feel like I'm making great progress. I have had some of those moments when language didn't matter, when I was able to communicate with my eyes and my heart. But is that enough? I don't know.