These past couple of weeks have been quite busy for us. It has been more challenging to maintain a six day a week blog. In fact this week I failed - but not for lack of trying. We are in a Bangkok hotel for a week attending a seminar. The first day I managed to get on the internet and blog. Then for three days I could not access directly due to internet connection problems. We are all thankful for the wonderful communication tools available in the21st century, but we sure miss them when they malfunction.
Speaking of failing to communicate, we are in process of moving from southern Vietnam to northern Vietnam. As in many countries, the difference between how the common language is pronounced varies greatly from north to south. For example the letter "D" in the south is pronounced with a "yuh" sound. However in the north, where we will now live, it is pronounced with a "zuh" sound. We have learned only a little Vietnamese, and now we have to relearn it if we want to communicate. We in fact will need to work harder at the language because less English is spoken in Hanoi and there are fewer English speaking expats in that city. So communication has become more difficult.
On the other hand, having just celebrated our 43rd anniversary (we were both 12 when we married), I can testify that communication in a happy marriage does get easier - not perfect - but better.
I still marvel that our Great Creator communicates with us, and listens to us when we speak to Him.
Speaking of failing to communicate, we are in process of moving from southern Vietnam to northern Vietnam. As in many countries, the difference between how the common language is pronounced varies greatly from north to south. For example the letter "D" in the south is pronounced with a "yuh" sound. However in the north, where we will now live, it is pronounced with a "zuh" sound. We have learned only a little Vietnamese, and now we have to relearn it if we want to communicate. We in fact will need to work harder at the language because less English is spoken in Hanoi and there are fewer English speaking expats in that city. So communication has become more difficult.
On the other hand, having just celebrated our 43rd anniversary (we were both 12 when we married), I can testify that communication in a happy marriage does get easier - not perfect - but better.
I still marvel that our Great Creator communicates with us, and listens to us when we speak to Him.
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