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Bueno

This is how phones are answered here. "Bueno."

I don`t know how you couldn`t be happier when your greated by someone that obviously wants to talk to you and hear your voice by answering good....

It`s amazing how quickly phones can become like foreign objects. Melissa & I are now sharing a phone, but we still rarely use it and honestly I think it`s annoying when it`s neccessary for me to carry it around.

The director of IWM Missionaries called work a couple times to check in with Melissa & I and I never enjoy it.
1. usually I`m alone in the class when she calls or it`s very loud
2. i already had a fear of talking on phones (i always sound silly)
3. i haven`t used a phone in a while

Texting is very popular here which i guess is a good and bad thing for me. I`ve never been fond of texting. I don`t know the rules and what`s rude, etc. (Melissa`s been helping to teach me though...when to respond, when it`s not necessary, because i think it`s never necessary)

Luckily I haven`t had to talk on the phone in spanish (although I would really enjoy answering the phone "Bueno").
No Body Language.
I honestly think body language is a big reason I`m able to survive here and sort-of get the gist of what`s going on. I mean I think I was pretty good with body language before I got here, but now I`m working on perfecting the skill.

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