Monday, April 03, 2006

I just call her Lola

Today Gabe asked our team to pray for his grandmother, who had fallen recently. Someone asked what her name was, and Gabe opened his mouth to answer, then paused, and stopped. And a strange look of bewilderment came over him, and we all laughed as he realized he couldn't remember. "I just call her Lola," he explained ("Grandmother" in Filipino). And we all laughed some more as a few more seconds went by and he still couldn't think of it.
Finally, after someone else had given a prayer request, Gabe announced, "it's Catalina. Her name is Catalina."