Many of you have been praying for Manuel, a friend I met running who lives in our neighborhood. He is deaf but is the most enthusiastic Bible student I've ever had. We worked through all of Genesis, Exodus, Matthew and Romans in about 2 weeks!
Today, I accompanied him to see a medical specialist. Since he is deaf he needs someone to go with him to write down what the doctor told him. We left our house a bit before 6:30 am to go get in line at the hospital. We waited in the first line 45 minutes to be told when we reached the counter to sit down and wait to be called. This happened about 6 times before we got his medicines and went home. It was like waiting in serial lines at Disney World without having nearly as much fun at the end of the wait.
At the end, we waited in line an hour to make his March appointment, only to be told that the system doesn't book that far in advance. Manuel has to go back February 4th, just so he can wait in line again to get an appointment for March!
