I want to communicate!

I think a woman was telling me earlier this evening that she was robbed. But I couldn't tell if she was saying she was robbed, or someone else was robbed, or if it had just happened, or if it had happened another day. All I could do was to shake my head and make a face that I hope said "how terrible". Of course, after I came inside, I thought of 100 things I could have said or asked (okay so maybe only 10). That's where I am now in my language learning. I generally get a good idea of what people are saying to me, but the specific details get lost. And then on paper I know what to say and how to respond, but getting that information from my brain to my mouth doesn't seem to happen very quickly. I long to be able to communicate with people in Spanish! How can I tell people about their need for Jesus if I can't even ask them if they need help because they might have been robbed? Please pray for us and our ability to learn Spanish quickly and well. We are encouraged by how much we've already learned, but we realize how far we have to go.