Day 5- Church

After visiting a few churches with some other missionaries, I decided to be bold and visit a church in my barrio (neighborhood) on my own... and then my roomies decided to tag along.  I really really like the church.  It is walking distance from home, they were very welcoming, are very excited to have me there, and I can understand a lot if not most of what is going on.

The first week I went the message was about tithing and the offering.  It was such a bold message that pastors are not normally as eager to talk about in the states, but at this church it was a wonderful message and was very well received.  It is also exciting to see week after week the eagerness of the church goers to give to the church- it almost seems contagious

The worship in Spanish is just beautiful!  I love singing praises to my God in Spanish!

Church is very much an all morning thing here in this culture.  There is a bible study that the pastor does before the worship, then the worship, and then another message.  Then socializing afterwards :)

I was able to attend the youth service on last Saturday night after I got back from our staff retreat :)  Here you are considered a young person until you get married, and since I am "single" here I was invited to come.  It was a very akward experience for me but we all warmed up to each other and it ended up being a nice time and I was able to fit in well :)