Today our small congregation enjoyed a wonderful service, while all of you in North America were asleep. We celebrated Easter giving with a lively offering song played by our Nigerian members. A few of them led us all down the aisle as we danced our offerings to the front, "African style." If you've never enjoyed giving an offering in that way, I hope some day you will.
We also had 16 people offer the traditional Easter greeting: "Christ is Risen! He is really risen! They did it in their 16 different native languages: from Russian to Spanish to Tagalog to Mandarin.
We had a record attendance of 251 adults and children in our new small congregation. Combined with our sister congregation at the original location, we numbered a total of 535 expats.
We then went to a Korean school building near by, where 140 of us enjoyed pizza, good conversations and some family type games. As an old "gamesmaster" (that was the name someone here used) I led the children, teens and some of the adults in several family type games. I think perhaps the most popular was the tug of war. It is popular in Vietnam and our expat group really enjoyed it. First, children under 12; later 12 - 25 year olds vs. those over 25. Good church family fun.
So we rejoice in our Risen Saviour and in the family of God. May all of you in the West who are soon awaking to Easter morning, enjoy a wonderful Easter today. Christ is Risen!
We also had 16 people offer the traditional Easter greeting: "Christ is Risen! He is really risen! They did it in their 16 different native languages: from Russian to Spanish to Tagalog to Mandarin.
We had a record attendance of 251 adults and children in our new small congregation. Combined with our sister congregation at the original location, we numbered a total of 535 expats.
We then went to a Korean school building near by, where 140 of us enjoyed pizza, good conversations and some family type games. As an old "gamesmaster" (that was the name someone here used) I led the children, teens and some of the adults in several family type games. I think perhaps the most popular was the tug of war. It is popular in Vietnam and our expat group really enjoyed it. First, children under 12; later 12 - 25 year olds vs. those over 25. Good church family fun.
So we rejoice in our Risen Saviour and in the family of God. May all of you in the West who are soon awaking to Easter morning, enjoy a wonderful Easter today. Christ is Risen!
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