yeah I know you did not ask!
Here is something I thought I would never have to do. I was speaking to a young woman via Skype to practice my Spanish. She lives Coca, Ecuador, a city of 40,000 in Amazonian jungle whose primary business in oil. We had a long, rambling conversation about politics and the upcoming election in the United States. She apparently has another student who is younger than her (she is late 20s) and a big supporter of the Orange Monster. He is absolutely convinced that Putin’s Bitch is a man of the people and will win the election. He had told her that all his young friends are of the same opinion. I did my best to dissuade Micaela that this is not the common position.
At the end of the conversation I did something I never would have thought I would do… I asked a person living in a small South American country to pray for my country.
Wow! There are no other words.