Saturday, July 9 - As a group, we were quite energetic this morning, having slept reasonably well last night. We gathered for breakfast about 7 and started our group worship and devotion about 7:30 and first rehearsal about 8:30. We went through about 8 songs in a little over an hour, returned to our rooms to get ready to leave for Bandung on two medium sized buses.
A couple of comments. We had a joyous time reuniting with 5 of the six Indonesian singers from last year (one girl is in Thailand and will not join us until we return from Bandung) and meething the 6 new Indonesian kids. It was like a long lost reunion even though we had known each other for only 2 weeks last year. It is quite amazing how our oneness in Christ makes us feel like family. During devotion time, a couple of the Indonesian students shared how being Christians here made them feel outcast and isolated by their society and how they are made to feel inferior and marginalized. This is something we in the US don't really understand and we are so glad we can be here to empower the local students who are with us.
The ride to Bandung, only about 140 km, took over 4 hours due to heavy traffic. We ate our box lunches on the bus. The last 3 km to reach Bandung and the 3 to 4 km from the toll booth to the Hotel Trio took over an hour and a half to traverse, but we all arrived safely. After settling in, we met at the Hok Im Tong church across the street to practice a bit more before dinner. The room echos well so we sounded really good there. We then broke into 3 groups to practice our skits, especially those skits where our Indonesian friends speak their parts. We then ate dinner (box lunches delivered to the church) and then debriefed and prepared for the mini-VBS starting Monday. Our debriefing time is spent sharing how we saw God work. Since this is our first debriefing, some shared how they were blessed and loved by the crowed that saw us off. One of the Indonesian kids shared how he saw God in each of us, while another shared how he saw God in the unity of our combined group, something we had asked you to pray for us, and indeed, God has already answered this prayer. One young Indoensian student also shared how he only had 3 weeks of vacation and how he wanted to spend more than 1 week with his family, but felt God wanted him to spend the two weeks with Vision and ministry, and we were touched by his deep love for God and willingness to put even his father and mother behind Jesus' call to serve Him first.
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