Monday, July 30, 2007

Breakfast with the Aussies

Yesterday.... Monday Morning.... after Matt and I killed ourselves at the gym we decided to head down to Mickey D's for some pancakes and sausage.... It is one of our many pleasures here....

After we ordered I am carrying the tray to the table, and of course, me being the clutz that I am tripped all over a caution wet floor sign.... I never even saw it....I felt so stupid because it made this loud crash....and then their were 2 older whit people sitting near by...and the man just laughed as hard as he could and it was very loud.... It was funny that I tripped and I totally would have laughed had I seen someone doing it....but this man got a real kick out of me being clumsy...

That opened up a conversation with he and his wife..... We quickly realized why he laughed so loud was because he was deaf as a doornail....what ever that saying means....I've always said it but don't really get it..... They just couldn't believe why we were here..... Hopefully the Lord will use that in their lives some day..... One thing I have learned here...its not my job to see anyone saved.... I just have to talk about Jesus and let Him to do the rest..... Successful evangelism is not winning thousands to the Lord, it is being obedient in talking and sharing about Him and trusting Him to do the rest....

Anyway.... he and his wife, 84 and 82 respectively, were on their way to Manila by ferry... that is about a 20 hour trip..They had been to see their son and his Filipino wife on another island.. they needed to know how to get to the Waterfront hotel..... Matt and I are no experts about Cebu yet, but we knew where this place was because that is where the American grocery store is.... we felt so proud to tell them.... It was great meeting them and talking with them.... I am sure the entire Mickey D's enjoyed hearing it as well..Man was he loud.. Below is a picture of the 2....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

They are just too precious. Was this guy actually deaf (and I think it's "dead" as a doornail) or was he just hard of hearing? He may have actually been deaf and could lip read. Anyway.., I'll bet the louder he talked the louder you talked too. I'm sure it was hysterical. Have a safe trip to Manila. We'll be praying.

Love ya-
Megie