Far beyond the sun! Far beyond the sun! I have a home, a home beautiful home far beyond the sun.
Far beyond the sun! Far beyond the sun! I have a home,
a home beautiful home far beyond the sun. Mas Alla del sol is the chorus of my favorite Spanish
song Anque En Esta Vida. I want to talk more about that song as well as
share with you my experience of going to Spanish church several weeks in a row.
My name is Franklin and this is First1000Hours.com. Don't give up on your
language learning marathon! You can make it through your first thousand hours. Anque En
Esta Vida is a popular Spanish Christian song. The title means: although in this
life. So the song is basically summarized like this: although in this
life I might not have riches, I have a home far beyond the sun. Although I have
trials in this life, I have a home far beyond the Sun. Mas Alla Del Sol
basically means far beyond the sun. I heard this song one time while I was
going to this school that had a lot of international students in it, and I had
no idea what the song was about, but it was sung so beautifully I just really
loved it, and I still like the song a lot today. So now I'm going to sing the
chorus in English. Far beyond the sun, far beyond the sun! Up there is my home, my home
blessed home far beyond the sun. Far beyond the sun, far beyond the sun!
Up there is my home, my home, blessed home far beyond the sun.
I think the best rendition of Anque En Esta Vida I've seen on YouTube is
titled: "Far Beyond the Sun" and they have in parentheses Mas Alla Del Sol. And the
YouTube channel is by Marvin. If you watch that song you, will really know how
Anque En Esta Vida is sung. And the singer combines the Spanish and English
versions of the song in that video, so I would encourage you to go on YouTube and
check out that song. I went to a Spanish church June 6, 2018. In the past, I
went there to hear an English speaker, but this time the prayer meeting was in
all Spanish. I want to share my reaction to going to that Spanish church from a
series of audio recordings I did that same night June 6, 2018 while I was
driving home from prayer meeting. I went to the Spanish church today, and I would say that my
maximum comprehension level was probably around 30%. And it probably fluctuated
from a 20 to 30%, and sometimes it was less than that. I think it depended on
who was speaking and also how they were speaking because I went to prayer
meeting, and so people were giving their testimonies and all of that. And some
people spoke very softly, so I think even if they were speaking of English, I still
would have a problem understanding them, but it was really compounded because
they were speaking in Spanish, and I might be a little hard of hearing I
don't know, but when people are speaking very softly it's kind of hard, so instead of me
being at my computer using my headphones and just turning up the volume I couldn't
do that. So I tried to listen as closely as I could. After the singing,
giving of thanks and prayer requests, there was some praying. And then there was a sermon. I
at first probably understood about 20%, but then it when up to 30% as he continued
speaking. So I think I could at least share some of the concepts of what he
was saying. I don't know everything he was saying,
but real life listening and all that in real time in a real environment
where this not a computer is a little bit more difficult, but I think that I
definitely was more prepared than I have in at any other stage of my life to be in
that church and to listen. I did participate just a little bit.
They were asking for song requests, and I asked for them to sing Mas Alla Del Sol, which
is a really song that I really like, so they're able to do that. I think I could
have done a better job speaking in Spanish because people asked
me, "Do I speak Spanish?" And I answered them in English, and I said, "I know a
little bit of Spanish." So I should have answered them in Spanish because I'm
at Spanish speaking Church, and they're speaking Spanish. I don't want to say that I
know more than I do. I'd rather say less than I know than
more, but I think I just should've tried to speak a little bit more in Spanish. And then at
the end of the message and all that when everybody was leaving, I talked just a
little bit, but then what do I do? I'm not a member there or
anything like that. I don't know people, and so I tried to hang around just for a little bit
but then I didn't know that many people. I could've made more of an
effort to talk, but I ended up just leaving probably after about three
minutes after everything finished. And I know the conversation time-that's the
time really I guess to practice Spanish and talk and all that. And I think I need to
be a little bit more outgoing. I normally am outgoing; I normally make more
of an effort to talk to new people when I'm at my own church, but I'm
at my own environment, which this wasn't my own environment. People did come up to
me a little bit and talk to me and all of that, but at the end, it was just a
little bit different. I do believe that I probably will get more interaction with
people if I continue to go. I think people also need time to kind of figure
out what I'm doing. I am just now starting to read the Bible in Spanish.
When I was reading Isaiah today, Isaiah 6, I was just trying to follow along with
the person who was delivering the sermon, but I really wanted to look at my
English side, too, to figure out what am I reading, but I didn't have enough
time really if I was going to really follow what he was saying and then also
just listen to other things he was saying. Those were my real and raw
thoughts after going to that Spanish prayer meeting. I don't want you to be
discouraged by listening to those audio recordings. So if you go to a Spanish
prayer meeting like I did, you have to remember that that might only be one
hour. You still have 999 hours left in your language learning marathon. So don't
be discouraged when you might have not even hardly started the marathon. I had
to recognize that going to that Spanish church was like going to the Olympics. I
wasn't with Spanish learners. I was with people who had known Spanish for 10
years, 20 years, 30 years, 50 years, 70 years, or maybe even 80 years or more.
This church service didn't consist of dumbed down Spanish.
it was a service for native level speakers. Going to this Spanish church
inspires me to read and listen to more things in Spanish because in order for
me to thrive in this all Spanish environment, I have to come up higher. I
have to reach a higher level. I left this church challenged to read and listen to
much more native Spanish materials. I one day dream of going on a short term
overseas trip to another Spanish speaking country. I was thankful
that I was able to go to a Spanish church, which is a free, immersive Spanish
environment that doesn't have the heavy travel expense. As for making
conversations with unfamiliar people after church service was done, I could've
smiled and said, "Hola! Mucho Gusto." I was too busy thinking about everything
I didn't know when I forgot the basics of conversation. I went to that Spanish
church the following week, and I've even spent more time at that Spanish Church. I
would like to share with you more about my experiences in an upcoming podcast.
please check out this podcast's show notes at First1000Hours.com To see two Anque
En Esta Vida videos that I like. My name is Franklin, and this is First1000Hours.com.
Don't give up on your language learning marathon! You can make it
through your first thousand hours!
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