The most uplifting day for me was on God's day of rest, Sunday.
We went to a Christian Thai church in town where the kids go to and the leaders do a sunday school class. The church welcomed the "new people" and the missionary groups in town.
Then, the congregation band kicked off Thai versions of "My Jesus, My Savior", "All in All", and other western culture favorites. They sang in Thai while we sang in English.
I'm reminded of these verses:
Psalm 46:10
"Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world."(NLT)
Revelation 7:9
"After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. " (NLT)
Two cultures praising the same God in Thailand...wonderful. We, too, caught a glimpse of Heaven as the Apostle Paul did.
To welcome each other to church like we do in most western churches, they sing a song called, "Sawadee Ka", which means hello or good day in Thai. It's catchy and I still can't get it out of my head 2 weeks later. Ugh. I guarantee everyone reading this that was on the trip is singing it right now.
You're welcome.
(singing) "Sawadee ka".....
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