Yesterday Daniel and I attended church service and it was nice. At this point he is much more fond of the church service than I am. I like the people they have been nice but the service style is just different than what I am used to and so will take adjusting. That is "a personal problem" that Daniel pointed out to me a couple of weeks ago. I've been praying about it...
Anyway, we went back to church in the afternoon to the baptism service followed by communion. This was the Korean speaking part of the church combined with our English speaking part of the church. Well, since we have to walk and didn't leave in enough time we completely missed all but the very last person being baptized (it started at 3p and we got there at 315p). They were singing in Korean some hymns that I couldn't understand although one of them I think that if I had heard it in English may have known what it was because the tune sounded very familiar.
At the end, after people dried themselves and got dressed, the newly baptized came up to give their testimonies and what they were going to do now. Well, we literally could only understand 1 of the 14 people that spoke because everyone was speaking in Korean with one speaking in Thai. I almost cried but not quite. I could only assume what they may have been saying based off of how awesome God is in most of our lives! The guy that we could understand was Iraqi and even though I'm pretty sure no one other than English speakers could understand him he had the biggest applause with the shortest thing to say :-) The pastor for the Korean church interpreted for the Korean church when the 2 that did not speak Korean spoke.
After they spoke the congregation was given the opportunity to go up and encourage them and love on them. I was excited to have the opportunity to just go and give hugs. It was pretty much like a mosh pit of people to get to anyone as pretty much 7/8 of the people there went up to give hugs, give flowers, take pictures, encourage, cry with, and praise God with the people that were up there. It was really awesome to be a part of it even though it was overwhelming with all the people up there pushing around. I shook the guys hand and gave a hug to the Thai lady. I couldn't quite get through the other Korean people to get to anyone else and I dislike crowds so I got out of there and back to my seat.
It was beautiful! God is good :-)
Matthew 3:11-17 (ESV)
11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
God's love,
Camille
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