A new family started coming to our church this summer. They are from Spain.

I met the two oldest girls at lunch today. Needless to say there is a big communication barrier. They know Spanish and French, but not much English. (It does not help that all I have is three years of Latin. OK I lie; I can understand their French really well, and enough of the Spanish to grasp at the meaning.)

I guess this will teach me just how much of communication is non-verbal. (IIRC it is about 90% anyway.)

Does my knack for getting things across shatter international barriers? We'll see.