Habla Espanol?

What does it look like to go out of your way for another?  What does it look like to do something for someone else?

I recently spoke to a small group of women about my work with Justice For Our Neighbors.  It was me and 7 women — all of them at least 60 years old and most of them probably older than that.

After sharing about JFON and why we work with immigrants, the floor was opened up for questions and answers.  One woman who is 81 raised her hand.  She said that when she goes out in public and go to stores or wanders around her elderly care facility, she hears a lot of folks speaking Spanish.  At first, she said, it really bothered her because, as she said “this is America and our language is English.”  But, she went on, as she thought about it, she decided that she could do something to help them out.  She looked up at me and said, “So I started learning Spanish.”

An 81 year old woman decided to begin learning Spanish so that she can help bridge the communication barrier between herself and those around her whose English is not good.  If that’s not going out of one’s way for the sake of another human, I’m not sure what is.