It is Sunday. This is the place to be and the house is about full. Five congregations met together to worship. There were over 100 here and they all take off their shoes before entering the building. This is the custom in Thailand. When one enters a home or many public buildings they take off their shoes. Most go barefoot inside. As for us, we like to have a pair of slippers handy to wear inside. One asked us if we were 'pretty attached to our slippers'. I guess that "yes" is the answer. As we think about it, floors do stay much cleaner when outside shoes are not worn inside.
The LST team enjoyed the worship with so many Thai Christians. As usual the songs were shown on a screen in Thai and in phonetic Thai so that we could sing along with them in their language (or somewhat their language). We recognize most of the melodies as they sing most of the same songs that we do in the States, but it is amazing that we simply cannot remember the words to familiar songs when everyone else is singing a different language.
One of the Thai Christians here is kind enough to translate the lessons for the team so that we can gain from the good lessons that are taught. What a blessing that is!
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