Church

Going to our church this Sunday was an amazing experience! They have thousands of memebers and it is at least 6 stories tall. We went to the main traditional service and they made us stand up in front of thousands of people! Then, just in case people didn't see us, they put us up on the big screen as well! The church then provides a lunch for everyone. After that, we went to the youth group service for 2 hours. The songs were very inspiring even though we didn't know all of them; just seeing how energetic they were to worship God. Just knowing that hundreds of youth were worshipping God, even though we didn't know what they were saying was encouraging and uplifting. God listens to many languages at the same time because it all comes from the heart.
The preacher spoke about how Christians need to bring hope to the world by submitting to God and not only focusing on being sucessful by the world's standards. He said the kingdom of God goes being culture and nationalities. I thought is was very fitting because we were listening to the sermon being translated and sitting in a room full of people of a different culture!
Then they divided up into small group Bible studies. Church wasn't over until 5:30 in the evening! Even though it is a huge church, they really take time for community and don't get tired of praying or studying the Bible.
We have been so busy, that it has been hard to process everything that is new. But we are learning a lot!