When I met Bridget

When I met Bridget, I doesn´t had any idea how difficult it would communicate with her.

She is a foreign sister. She was born in Portland in the United States.

When I talked to her one of the most difficult barriers was the language.

The first months we communicated through a bilingüal person, then through drawings, hand signals, facial expressions and often use the bilingüal dictionary when we did not understand.

She told me that it was difficult to speak and understand Spanish and I thought the same of English, but there are also things that she quickly learned how our customs, dances, traditions and so on.

She loves our food especially the chicharron. Sometimes  she misses her country and family but people love the comfort.

Today she speaks  fluent spanish and I am learning english.

Knowing her was a wonderful experience in my life.


By: Elvira Mendieta Huarcaya.