I Did It! ~ Interviews in Spanish

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This happened Saturday in Holland, Michigan. Sylvia, Rey (an Hispanic pastor in West Michigan) and I conducted annual interviews of Spanish-speaking ministerial students. We had three other members on the interview team that spoke only English (Dennis, the team leader; Adam, an Anglo pastor and Clint, an intern). Our leader spent some time with the interviewers going over the process and what he wanted us to cover in the interviews. After that, we met with the students in a large group.

Then we held the interviews (Sylvia, Rey and I led sessions). Clint, the intern, sat in with me. I have known two of the three students that I interviewed for about a year and a half. The interviews went well and took a bit more than an hour to complete all three.

Then we all went for lunch at a Chinese buffet. If that sounds strange, I estimated that between 60 and 75% of the folks there appeared to be Hispanics. The food was great! I found some salmon that was particularly good. We sat at the tables for a while after we finished eating just enjoying being together and talking about things of common interest.

It was a great day.

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About Chuck

I am retired after a career in electronics and in publishing. Today, my wife of 50+ years, Sylvia, and I live in a house on a hill beside a dirt road in rural west Michigan. We enjoy living in this country environment where livestock and wild life out number the human population.

7 thoughts on “I Did It! ~ Interviews in Spanish”

  1. Wow that is really something. I don’t even speak english great so to do a interview in another language is awesome. Great job.

  2. Tina, The buffet is in Holland, MI south on M-31 across from Menard’s and behind the first row of businesses. It’s in a strip mall.

    Schizoshrink, y buenos días a Ud. Language school helped get us started, but 20 years of involvement with Hispanics honed the skills.

  3. aw.. i’m a frustrated spanish talker wanna be.. haha.. buenas dias!

  4. That is a great day to be sure! Waving from Roseville. What city is the Chinese Buffet in? I’m always looking for a good one when I’m with a certain friend that just loves to eat at them.

  5. Clara, COBOL is okay if you’re talking to a main frame. I think it’s super cool that you do that.

    Lin, It really surprised me when I found out that’s where we were going. Then I looked around and the folks there mostly and obviously Hispanic. And the food was killer good. Too bad it’s an hour’s drive to get there.

  7. I think it’s so cool that you’re bilingual. The only other language I speak is COBOL. And snippets of other similar types.

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