So...
The past 30 days or so I've seen more hotels (and hotel breakfasts) than I can shake a stick at. It's been a busy (and I mean busy) time, but a good one. I'll try to update you guys pretty quickly, tomorrow I'm heading out again.
Like I said in the last post we had our big meeting at a nice hotel a few weeks ago. It was a really refreshing and fun time, and even better than last year's meeting if you ask me. We prayed, listened to people open the Scriptures to us, worshiped God with song in a big group setting (which is something we all miss a lot while over here), and of course had a lot of fun.
The hotel
One thing I realized that week was how dry I was. I read my Bible and pray every day, but that's not enough. I need to be intentional about listening to sermons online and getting into truth more. I have a lot more negative influences in my life than positive ones. I spend most of my time here with unbelievers.
Here's some pictures from the meeting:
Yeah, we grew moustaches. Except for that one guy in the middle.
Yeah, we sang a song about moustaches. Even the guy in the middle.
Me without the 'stache. The area we went to was really green, and it was refreshing to be around all the nature. That's something I miss these days.
This area is notorious for the bad way the people there speak the language. They turn most every "k" and "g" sound into a "j" sound. It was funny, and kind of aggravating at times. Imagine the sentence "The Greek king is coming" spoken like "The Jeek jing is joming" and you get a sense of what it was like.
An old castle we visited had a lot of frescos on the walls and ceilings. The frescos told the Bible story from Creation to the Final Judgement. There was even a fresco for when Elisha parted the waters right after Elijah was taken up to heaven. Now that's detailed.
The trip went really well, we got to meet a lot of people and share the gospel really well. The local people really listened while people from the group shared. Me and two guys from the group sat in a local guy's house and talked about the Lord for almost 2 hours. It was amazing the attention they gave us and the message.
After the trip I went to the big city with everybody, ate an awesome burger, and bussed back home.
Tomorrow I'm heading out again, I'll let you know how it went when I get back.
