Our Sunday was a busy one. It reminded me of mission trips we have been on, not knowing what God was going to do. In retrospect, I wish I would have trusted Him more about it. I was trusting/not trusting a little too much in myself. It started at this Chinese Church. It is quite new.
The downstairs auditorium was huge and it was packed. You see that set of three windows up on the right side just by the tree. That is where we met with a room full of teenagers during the church service. David teaches a lesson in English once a month with the help of some very dedicated passionate teachers.
How do you get up there you ask? I think it is five or six flights of stairs.
And then we had to figure out which bus we needed to take to get home in time to be picked up by the pastor of the Korean church to go on a picnic. I am so glad we did not miss this picnic. It was incredible how those women just take charge and set up the blankets and magically have food appear. It reminded us of being in Ukraine. I love Korean food, so this was a real treat to eat homemade Korean food. Never had that before.
I don't even know what it all was, except good.
David was not built to sit like a Korean, but he is such a good sport about everything.
Here he is with Pastor Sean.
It was a beautiful autumn day. We felt blessed to be part of these gatherings.
What a wonderful day...so interesting! Just wonder though how out of breath you were on those steps!
ReplyDeleteDave's not the only one cross legged challenged. How DO they all make it look so easy to sit like that and eat at the same time?? I'd have to find a tree to lean up against or something. How difficult is it to find someone who speaks English?...or do you just smile a lot?
ReplyDeleteBarb, Every day is an adventure over here. I really long for that friend that I can just talk to. Every conversation is "I wonder if I got that right? I wonder if they got that right?" Draining to say the least. But, they are very patient with me and usually like to practice their English.
DeleteKorean people like to sit that cross legged way and Chinese people can squat by the hour. I can usually do either of those pretty well, but I've had a back issue for awhile and now I can feel Dave's pain when I need to do it.