For Uncle Mike

For all of you to understand today’s blog entry I must first tell a story. In Montana this summer while visiting family I came across an unusual book in my Uncle Mike’s (who also served in the Peace Corps) truck. It was a book and a tape on how to learn Spanish rapidly. I was quite intrigued by this so I asked Uncle Mike “Please speak a little Spanish to me.” My Uncle Mike responded with simply one phrase “FFFEEEEEE” which is how you pronounce the letter “F” in Spanish. Since that moment the big joke in my family is to say the Spanish letter of “F” to each other.

So yesterday in my Spanish class to take a break we played the game HANGMAN. Surely all of you remember the game hangman where you guess a letter that is in the secret word. When it came to my turn and the teacher asked me to guess a letter. Funny enough I looked at her and proudly said “FFFEEEEE.” I could only chuckle as I thought of goofy Uncle Mike.

I am still having a blast here in Guatemala. They use the voz form for those of you that are interested. My favorite new Spanish word is “Púchica” which is like saying “Shoot” in English. It is a good way to express your feelings without saying a vulgar word. Today the kids and I danced to Michael Jackson in my room. I took some pictures which I hope to share with you soon.

Well take care,

Drewski