Singing in Spanish

By Katie

Señor Nate Vanderzee of Grand Rapids Christian High School put in a request for a song to share with his Spanish classes. Here´s what we at La Iglesia Cristiana Reformada La Mora have to share with you.

First, an introduction by my two favorite three-year-olds, Elias and Raúl:




No importa la iglesia que vaya,
Si detrás de Calvario tú estás.
Si tu corazón es como el mío, Dame la mano y mi hermano será.

Dame la mano, dame la mano,
Dame la mano y mi hermano será. (Repetir)

A few notes on the video:

We sing this coro at every service. When shaking hands, one needs to go as fast as possible, trying to get to every single person in the room before the song is over. This seems to be the manner in which this is done, almost as if your life depends on it!

This is one coro in a cadena de coros, a chain of choruses. Coros are very short songs all sung to the same chords and strung together to make one song that's about ten minutes long. You can hear the end of one and the beginning of another one in the video. The song leader sings them in whatever order the spirit moves, and there are no written words. This style of praising really got Matt and I down at first because it's really difficult to learn the songs and participate. We're doing better now, though, and learning more all the time.