Saturday, July 24 - After breakfast and group devotions, we continued our debriefing at 8:30 and finished about 11. We then boarded our bus to Ben Poli's parents' home where we had lunch and also celebrated her birthday. The house, located in an upper middle class suburb south of Jakarta, was packed with Ben's siblings and cousins (plus nephews and nieces). Today is mostly a day of relaxation for us. After a wonderful meal full of exotic Indonesian delicacies, we just hung out and relaxed until a little after 5 PM where we re-boarded the bus to go the Kitin's church to listen to their youth and adult choir practice. Kitin's church is a Baptist church and also the church Nadia was baptized when she was much younger. We first had a time of sharing with their youth choir of about 20 singers. Our Indonesian team members shared their testimonies and motivated their choir to extend their ministry beyond the church walls. We sang 3 of our songs and they sang 2 of the songs they had been practicing. We then moved down the hall where their adult choir was practicing and enjoyed the two anthems they sang to us. We responded by singing two songs and we all sang Each Step I Take in Indonesian. We had a simple spaghetti dinner together and more fellowship time and left about 8 PM, arriving back at SPH by 9 to get ready for Sunday, our last full day here in Indonesia. Our time at this Baptist church was very warm and pleasant and this is certainly another church we could think of partnering with to do more ministry if we decide to come back to Indonesia.
So far, we have heard about 7 choirs sing (at Sunday services or practices) and each choir has sung very well. We have also heard at least 9 worship teams lead worship. They all have nice voices and their musicianship ranges from very professional to well rehearsed and pleasant. What Vision brings is not our musicality but the heart of worship when we sing and the idea of singing outside the church walls, since these concepts seem new to the churches.
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