A couple weeks ago, a friend of mine invited Tiana and I to her church to hear a guy preach. He was from France, but was a pastor in Sweden and the sermon was going to be in English. I think it was one of the funniest sermons I have been too. Not so much because the guy had a great sense of humor, but more because of the dynamic of the evening. You have a Pastor who is speaking in English with a VERY strong French accent and a translator who is trying to translate something that sounds like, "....spanking God..." but is really "speaking to God." And then people from the congregation shouting out to the translator what the guy is saying. Translating is hard enough, but then you add 2 people that English is not their first langauge and then an audience who is more than willing to help you. It makes it a little more difficult. To say the least, it was a very amusing sermon! I think it was something about Moses spanking God.....? But the evening only got better.
Afterwards we went out with 5 students to dinner. Before I go on there is one thing that you need to know about Lithuanians, something that I admire and enjoy about them. They are very straight forward and there is no beating around the bush. They say what they are thinking with out a filter.
With this said, I was speaking to a student whom I had met before and we were talking about life and doing ministry here and the conversation ended up going like this,"
Student: " I hear you have started language?"
Me: "Not yet"
Student:"I would ask why, but I'm not sure if I care."
Me: "HA HA HA HA HA!"
I started laughing so hard I was crying. I don't think I have had someone ever be so honest before. It was quite refreshing. Well, I know who to go to now if I need an honest opinion!
4 comments:
Hi there...what are doing for Christmas?
Lord, Thank you that Kelly can have so much fun with blunt honesty. Thank you that she sees the good of that instead of becoming negative. Thank you that you have given her a good sense of humor. Give her and Tiana good communication and deep love for one another. We love them, Lord.
Janie
Hello Hot stuff, I'm not really sure how I found this blog but I wanted to shout out a hello to you and Tianna. Hope and pray that you are doing GREAT! I know the Lord is doing an awesome work with you both and I am backing you up even here in little Monmouth Oregon! Loves to you and T.
Jenell
OOPS I spelled Tiana's name wrong! HEEEEEHEEEEEHEEEE!
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