BSF and music

February 24
From Sue
I forgot to write about BSF and it was so exciting! I received a call from my discussion leader on Sunday saying that the discussion groups were being rearranged because they are allowing people to answer in Spanish. If you have been involved in BSF, you know how big this is. For 5o years, BSF has only been done in English. Well, my group now has all of the English speakers and some Peruvians who are the better English speakers. It is a blessing for the women here to be able to answer in their own language. Many have attended BSF because they want to study the Bible and they come despite the fact that it is in English. It is also a blessing to the English speakers to have a study in English because many of them are missionaries and teachers and it is a break for them to be in a study in English. Apparently, the class here is one of 5 case studies of a hybrid class-one in which 2 languages are spoken. The others are in El Paso, TX; Vancouver, BC; Beijing; and Quito, Ecuador. We also heard that they are going to start printing the lessons in Mandarin Chinese next year and then maybe in Spanish. It is a lot to take in but I think it will facilitate not only growth for BSF classes but also for the Kingdom.
On a lighter note, we have been listening to a Peruvian radio station sometimes and it must be a top 40 station because everytime we turn it on, we hear the same songs. Some of them are very catchy and we have picked up on a few words. There is one song that Maggie insists is called "Hamburguesa" which means hamburger in English. The rest of doubt that is the name of it but until we come with something better then hamburger it is. Sometimes when we ride in a taxi, the driver will turn on a station that plays classic rock from the US. Whomever is sitting next to me will usually ask, "Do you know this one?". 9 times out of 10, I know the song, the artist, the approximate year of release and most of the words. Why can I remember all of those songs from the '70's and '80's and I can't remember the one word of Spanish I learned the day before?