Oct 15th-16th
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Today was as normal a day as any here. If I told you about it…you would be bored. So we will tell you about a funny moment from life here. We have a Korean pastor, who is a leader on base and nobody knows how to say his name, so we call him Pastor and he loves it. His Enligh is becoming better, but he still says things like, “please porn me if you have any questions” when he really wants you to “phone him.” Today someone went to ask him for a new sheet…and he said…oh yes, a shit. We definitely have a fun time when we talk to him. Some of the other Koreans struggle with the word fork and call it a pork. Or how about today when a German asked Adam, “have you seen my head?” when really he wanted to find his hat! Oh the fun….
Cultural verse of the day: Genesis 11:1 “Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.”
Please pray for people that are developing their English skills on the base. It can be very frustrating at times and is something that we often take for granted.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Today was spent at an all day prayer meeting. It was held for church leaders all around South Africa in a sanctuary that held about 6,000 people. There were probably about 500 people there and I was amazed because there are at least 18 people groups in South Africa and they were all represented there. It was a day of confession. We started at the personal level, then church, country (South Africa) and lastly the nations. It was a well structured day, but seemed a bit long at times. A few times things got uncomfortable…I feel asleep for a few minutes at times and Adam struggled with kneeling on the hard floor because he was too big. We got a good laugh out of that. For dinner, our care group had a German meal called “rocklete.” This is a small grill type deal in the middle of the table that is used to melt cheese to put over potatoes. It reminded me of fondue except you didn’t dip, you pour the cheese over. It was a fun meal and very good.
Cultural verse of the day: 2 Kings 5:18-19 – (Naaman, a foreigner healed of leprosy and he comes to acknowledge the God of Israel.) “But may the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: when my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning on my arm and I bow there also—when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, my the Lord forgive your servant for this.” “Go in peace,” Elisha said.
