Phone use

Bit by bit voices over the phone is becoming clearer.  I'm not ready to wing it without captioning, but I have called people who know me with just a regular phone.

1. I answered the phone at home because my roommate was at work.  Hearing the phone ringing is NOT a problem, the problem is being able to understand the conversation.  This time I heard the caller's name, and after a bit of conversation using yes and no questions, I figured out she wanted me to know that she was waiting downstairs, in the parking lot.
2. Earlier that same day, I called a co-worker to get a phone number and using the same method of asking yes and no questions, it was discovered no phone number existed yet for my two friends.  I could hear other parts of the conversation, but much like an ESL student (someone learning the English language) only some of the phrases are easy to understand.
3. Called my parents and knew my mom had answered.  I understood the first couple minutes of conversation until she said the word "Chinese."  With the rest of the conversation, I just checked on the hard words on the captioning, but mostly I wasn't reading captions.

How amazing is that!  I've not used the phone for so long, that I don't even know how to use a calling card.  Now that I need to send some faxes, it will take practice to learn how it works.

I'm thrilled with the progress, and with some more cleanup work at future mappings, oh my! 

Thank YOU Lord!