We left the Patlovanys and got to the Crown Plaza for TCEP. It was great hearing about what is going on from the ACEP president. We ran into familiar faces from residency and past meetings. I felt I learned a good amount and hopefully it helps me in my daily practice. We had dinner with Sam, Ira, and Jeff at The County Line on the riverwalk. There were some great news and interesting stories.
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1 Corinthians 14:10 "Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me. So it is with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church."
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I am not sure if this is what God is saying to me, but this passage reminds me of how much I want to learn and teach Spanish to Ruth. Many patients do not speak English, and I want to be able to communicate well without an interpreter. I have enjoyed speaking Thai to family and friends. Sign language has been useful for our family especially when Ruth was preverbal. I would hope that learning more languages would help in witnessing and connecting with others. It has been great learning and speaking to emergency physicians from across this great state. I have learned a lot. We speak the same language in our experiences in the ED no matter what city we live in. We have common battles with other departments and struggle with similar issues. We are trying to build up our specialty from the local to national level through polictics and advocacy. Hopefully, I can improve my Spanish so that I can use it to help build up the church.
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