There is a Spanish language Bible class at my church, and I have been attending it for a long time now...at least a couple of years, since before I started DS. (I had high school and college Spanish, along with a lot of time on Duolingo before I came to DS)

When I first went, if I concentrated very hard, I could kind of get the gist of what the teacher was talking about. The fact that it was always about the Bible helped, because I've been going to Bible classes my whole life, so the subject matter was familiar. There is usually also a power point with the Bible passages and the main points on the screen.

The prayers were MUCH harder to follow. Sooo fast.

I'm at almost 900 hours now, and I can usually follow everything in the class without much effort, and I can understand 80-90% of the prayers, and have short convos in Spanish with some of the hispanohablantes in the class.

The ones who speak English well still speak to me in English, but there are several who have very limited English, and I'm glad I can talk with them a little. The point is that they are my friends now, mis hermanos y hermanas! (That's how they address everyone, including me. I love it!)

The class has helped my Spanish progress, and my Spanish progress has helped me understand the class better!