Our Bucket List ~ Asia Here we Come! : Sunday August 25th

Sunday morning & Church on the island~

Breakfast on the balcony...it was a good way to start the day...thank you Lord!

Berend came up to ask if we wanted to go to church? Yes - we do...well it starts in 40 min...we can bring you with scooters? Great! We quickly washed up and was ready at 9:50 am to go! How thoughtful of him!

We rode about 10 minutes to the main island to the little town of Ambarita and saw this very large building!
Full of Christian worshipers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How precious is that in a Muslim country!

It seems that the Batak people (this region) are mostly Christians! What a beautiful sight to behold!

The men were on one side of the church and the ladies on the other side! But we sat in the back with another couple...which turned out to be Dutchies: Dick & Coby Scheepstra from Alkmaar ~

Here is the church program...on the boards - 6 of them through out the church...

...sure saves on paper!

Luke 13:10-17 and Isaiah 58: 9b-14

(Jesaya was their spelling)

The teaching and hymn's were all in Indonesian - but someone did ready Luke & Isaiah in English for us!

Everyone sang with such fervor and there was young ladies singing a song, adult men, and young men too had a song...and they children also did a hymn. Their psalm book was all written in Indonesian!

It was a wonderful experience and such a blessing to see and hear! What a special morning!

We walked out of church and introduced ourselves to our neighbors in church... Dick & Coby and we suggested to go have a cup of coffee at the German Bakery and they agreed - and Nick & I walked back and they had bikes which they had rented.

The local people were all dressed so nicely ....the ladies all were dressed in their Sunday's best...so pretty to see!

Selamat pagi....Good morning!