An Angel Named Olga
Today I went to KSCE TV to do my weekly program. When you enter the station, they have you sign in and put the date on a clipboard. Mexican pastors had entered before me, so they put the date as they write it, 2-6-16, instead of the way we write it, 6-2-16. I was a bit confused for a moment, and asked the receptionist about it, then we both simultaneously realized what was going on.
Most countries of the world record the date in a more logical way than we Americans do, writing day, month, and year, instead of month, day, and year. As the receptionist began to explain, I remembered that other countries write dates that way. “You know what?,” I said. “This difference in how we write dates once got me into legal trouble in Russia. It cost me some $1200 dollars, and a seven-day delay. It kept me from making it to a teaching engagement I had in Kazakhstan too. I’ll never forget it!” Continue reading “An Angel Named Olga”