I feel like we've spent all day being around old friends. That is definitely one of the major reasons we're here, and it is what makes going here different than just taking a trip or going to help out in another country.
We had our morning "fellowship" with our foreigner friends this morning. It is definitely a switch having church in a living room with eight other people instead of being in a church building with several hundred people. There was no music leader (we sang with music on the computer), no projectors or screens, no order of service, and not even a live preacher (just a podcast). Even without all of the normal elements to a church service, there is something very intimate about it. It is definitely different, but it has some elements that the American church has a hard time capturing.
For lunch we went and met one of my local friends here. He was probably my closest local friend while I lived here. Now he is married and wanted all of us to have lunch together. On the way to the restaurant with them, he told me that he knows another one of my local friends that I shared with a lot while I was here. I guess my friend called him, because when we arrived at the restaurant he was waiting on us. It was a good surprise because I was not sure how I would find him and I wanted to reconnect with him while I was here. He told me that he has been going to a local church over the past year and that he might go with me when we go later this week.
For dinner we met with another one of my local friends. He had us over to his house, and his wife cooked us dinner. She is an amazing cook, and we had a great time catching up on things. He is a strong believer and would go out with me on most of my village trips when I lived here. We ended up spending a good hour and a half after dinner just sitting around talking and encouraging one another in what we've both been doing.
It was a great Sunday and tomorrow we're going out with a friend to help him in one of the villages he focuses on.
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