Testimony Service

After dinner tonight we all gathered together in the sanctuary and six church members were asked to come on the stage to share their testimonies about how God has worked in their life and how they got to know Jesus.  They all came from either Sikh or Hindu backgrounds and all had really moving and touching stories.  One older lady’s story was especially touching to me.  She said that once she started reading the bible, she couldn’t put it down and scheduling her days around reading the bible.  She also said that God changed her way of thinking and Jesus turned her life completely around.  She even that she continues to start and end her day reading the bible, which inspires to want to do the same.   It was also inspiring to hear how they have had suffered in their families because of their Christian faith, but they are still as passionate about Jesus as ever.   We also sang some songs, which were all powerful.  I thought it was so powerful after hearing all of their stories to then sing together Amazing Grace.   I am really excited to pass out bibles tomorrow to people in their homes who have requested a visit and a bible.  I hope that God really speaks to them through us and uses us.

Charlotte Z.

Visiting Worship Sites

Today after VBS we went and visited different religious buildings. We visited an Islamic mosque, a Hindu temple, and a Sikh gurdwara. I think the most interesting was the temple. Right as you walked into the worship room, there were idols on almost every wall. There were many sacrifices to each idol, mostly bananas, and / or milk. Then we went outside and talked about what we observed. Then we went to the Gurdwara. When you walked in you took your shoes off (we did this on each one) and also put head coverings on – both men and women. Once inside there were two rooms, one to the left and one to the right. The right one was a library and the one to the left was the food hall (I forget the specific name). The food there smelled and looked very good. They cooked the food in massive kitchen pots. After we toured the kitchen we went back into the room we first entered and went upstairs into the worship room. The room was very open, with a big book in the middle of the room on a throne like stand. We sat there for five minutes and then went outside and talked again. Lastly we went to the mosque. The Imam there gave us a talk about what Islam was and what they believe. Afterwards we got to ask questions. It was a very interesting experience to see all the temples and buildings, as well as learn about the different religions and see how they worshiped.

Josh B.

1st Day of Kid's Club...

Kid’s Camp really got off to a great start today.   We had 50 kids (only about 10 were from the
church) and their participation definitely caught us by surprise.   Though I can’t speak for crafts and music, the kids were enthusiastic and thrilled to get outside during the game time into the gorgeous weather, especially the older two of the three age groups.   A lot of them were quite new to crab football (soccer) and then we followed it up with normal football (soccer).  The smallest group played “duck, duck, goose” as well as “red light, green light.”  Alec in particular had a great time leading the games today and did a great job of keeping them in “queue.”  We finished up with the classic “messy challenge” in which group leaders play games throughout the week normally involving shaving cream or food.  Definitely a crowd favourite!  Cheers!

Carson W.