I took two years of high school Spanish and another 2 semesters immediately in college.  Three straight years of learning and I can’t speak it at all.  I read a few words and stumble over a couple if I need to, but this helped me very little with my latest technology snafu.

 

My husband and I currently follow two TV series on Apple+.  We don’t have a smart TV or an Apple TV box, so we watch everything through a Roku.  This is not the ideal way to stream said platform, I have now been told.  It’s very hit or miss whether the shows will stream for us or not.  One day it works great, the next we get an error message.

 

When we get the error message, we pinch hit by pulling out my laptop to cast the show to our television.  This worked for a while.  Until one day, the airplay was in Spanish!  When I stopped the cast to bring it back to my computer – the actors spoke in plain English.  I cast it again, and they hablo[ed] en espanol!

 

I tried looking up every setting I could imagine, but all showed English.  We came back to it multiple days before finally calling a support person to help.  Two different techs failed to find an answer and asked to give me a call back.  I have received, so far, one call to let me know that they still don’t know.  But they are working on it.

 

This puts quite a damper on our ability to finish the two shows.  To fully understand – especially the murder mystery – I need to access it in my native language.

 

 Why High School Spanish Matters

 

As silly as the scenario is, it put me in mind of The Seed Company and the good work they do.  According to their website, there are at least 171 million people who lack a single verse of scripture in their heart language.

 

The Seed Company partners with missionaries and translators around the world to change all that.  They currently work with 951 languages.  And you can work with them too!  Maybe you – like me – barely command one language, much less multiple.  But their website makes it so easy to donate to this life giving work.  And you can also sign up to be a prayer partner – receiving emailed updates and prayer requests.

 

I am in no way affiliated with The Seed Company, but admire their work and mission.  Look into this exciting and important ministry work and get involved if God so leads!

 

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Jennifer from Tea With Jennifer linked up a post from a year ago.  I read it and found it charming then and it still holds up.  Read Vintage Delights.

 

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