Recently, I had the privilege of serving as "Translator 13" onboard the MV Doulos. Since my Mandarin is still limited, that mostly meant hanging around in the bookshop to answer people's questions and make announcements in Chinese. I had a wonderful time doing it, especially getting to know the crew members and interacting with the Taiwanese people who came onboard. One day I would love to be a translator for short-term missions groups coming to Taiwan (i.e. my brother's youth group, yes, that's you, Phil) So this was good practice for me. Unfortunately I know I will forget a lot of Chinese while Josh and I are visiting America over the next couple years...sounds like a topic for the next post.
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