It's a tradition at the church we're at, Christiano Templo Elim, to celebrate the previous week's birthdays in the Sunday service. Right after the sermon and before the singing, all the children enter the service and everyone is asked if they've recently had a birthday to come to the front. I walked down with my buddy Leonardo who shares the same birthday as me and we were greeted with many hugs from the congregation. Most of them came from the children of the orphanage. I think it was the record for most hugs in one day! It was great!
When we got home, there was a group of Americans that were preparing pizza for the children. They also came with their own Santa and presents to pass out to the children. It was a pretty exciting afternoon.
In the evening Lynette, six teen girls from DOFO and myself joined with some others from our church to go Tijuana. Our pastor's son pastors a church in Tijuana and we were invited to lead worship for their Christmas celebration. It was quite the evening. After the sermon, about 8:30pm we were served a wonderful Christmas dinner with all the trimmings.
Everyone is so nice wherever we go. I'm hugged and kissed on the cheek everywhere I go it seems. I thought about this tradition...the hug and kiss. To some it may seem a little awkward, but if you think about it, when someone greets you with a hug and kiss, you're pretty sure that things are right between you and that individual. I know that if I was holding a grudge with someone, the last thing I could do would be give them a hug and kiss. It's like it's the test to prove that everything is good between two individuals.
When we got home, there was a group of Americans that were preparing pizza for the children. They also came with their own Santa and presents to pass out to the children. It was a pretty exciting afternoon.
In the evening Lynette, six teen girls from DOFO and myself joined with some others from our church to go Tijuana. Our pastor's son pastors a church in Tijuana and we were invited to lead worship for their Christmas celebration. It was quite the evening. After the sermon, about 8:30pm we were served a wonderful Christmas dinner with all the trimmings.
Everyone is so nice wherever we go. I'm hugged and kissed on the cheek everywhere I go it seems. I thought about this tradition...the hug and kiss. To some it may seem a little awkward, but if you think about it, when someone greets you with a hug and kiss, you're pretty sure that things are right between you and that individual. I know that if I was holding a grudge with someone, the last thing I could do would be give them a hug and kiss. It's like it's the test to prove that everything is good between two individuals.
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