It's a relatively quiet Friday afternoon, so I'll try to get more blog off to
you. I'm back to using Comcast, as it's easier and works here.
Some people stories to go with the accompanying photos:
Jane and Evangelist Joanna: Jane is a member of St. Paul's Friday night Bible
class and is sometimes the interpreter for Sunday morning services. Joanna is
an evangelist hired by the Hong Kong Synod to help at St. Paul's the local
Lutheran church; there is only a part time pastor, so Joanna often is the
preacher - sort of a jack-of-all trades. She does not speak English. In this
photo Jane is translating to English what Joanna is saying in Cantonese.
The local folks here mainly speak in Cantonese, not Mandarin. The second photo is of Jane translating what Jan Foytek is saying. The photo reminds me of some of our India photos of translators. Jan is one my colleagues at the Concordia English Center. She is from Keene, NH. She is a retired elementary school teacher and lots of fun. Our lunch time visitors are always asking the
difference between the pronunciation of Jane and Jan.
