We pretty much followed Saturday's morning schedule, group devotions on Psalm 5 after breakfast and we planned out the program since we are given 40 minutes instead of our usual 15-20 minutes this morning. Jayme and Samantha felt a calling from the Lord to share their testimonies and we decided to do the "Distracted from God" skit we learned last year, which depicts how many things in the world keep us from a genuine relationship with Jesus. We arrived at the Heaven's Gate church about ten minutes before the scheduled start of service and found the church had a short keyboard but quite playable. The pastor here is Hmong and his wife and some of his children along with others led about 15 minutes of worship to a congregation of about 50 people. Then the eldest son of the pastor and his wife-to-be (they were getting married at four this afternoon) came forwarded to ask forgiveness because the pastor's father had married his grandson in the Hmong manner, and this couple wanted to be married in the church, so the church leaders prayed for this couple and blessed their forthcoming nuptials. After the offering, we presented our program of songs, skit and testimonies. It is interesting that both Jayme and Sam's testimonies centered on God's power. Thang spoke after we sang and we all ate lunch at church cooked by their members (much like FECG). After lunch, Ching led the thirteen Vision singers off to watch the elephant show and ride the elephants (each person paid their own entrance fee), while Thang drove the old folks to buy groceries which we cooked for dinner tonight (soy sauce chicken drumsticks and winter melon soup).
Ching and everyone else returned by 5 PM all excited because we not only saw, hugged, and rode elephants, we got to touch and pet three large uncaged Bengal tigers. After we came back, we washed some clothes, ate dinner and debriefed our day. Since we are about half way on our mission trip, we also went around and shared our personal highlights so far. Interacting with the orphans was mentioned by several members as their highlight. It has been a busy first week, but satisfying and deeply joyful. We turned in early because we have an early call tomorrow, leaving at 7 AM to the refugee camp at Thai-Burmese border.
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