Church

So I finally made it to church today. It took me awhile to get an address from the people at work. Supposedly there is one catholic church and one protestant church in town. The person who got me the address could only find the catholic church so that's where I ended up. They have a 2:30 in the afternoon service for english speakers. The service was not too different than a service at SSCRC with similar songs and liturgy. There were probably 15-20 in the basement chapel. Kind of an interesting mix of chinese, philipino, korean, african, and two americans (me being the second. Also kind of funny that the other american had a Kalamazoo College t-shirt on. Small world)

After the service, there was a small group discussion (kind of funny that a church of 15 has a small groups program) on the sermon (power of an active prayer life.
After the small group discussion, 5 of us went out for dinner together at a little restaurant around the corner and had a delightful bite to eat. It was kind of nice that everyone was on a cash conservation plan, so there was no expectation to do anything lavish. $4 for a 6 course meal. (which was $1 cheaper than KFC) I think I found my kind of people. They all took the bus to church (including the priest who is also and english teacher at the college and living in the college sponsored housing). I rode my bike to church so had a nice ride home (before sprinting to the apartment restroom which it turns out is not all that unusual of an experience these days)

Unfortunately I forgot to take my phone to church, so I didn't get any pictures. Next time.

I will also have a post about yesterday's all day white water rafting trip, but I need to wait til I can get the pictures from the 'office photagrapher' who had the waterproof camera. Some time this week. . .