I met the Ap. David Devaraj this morning as I walked out of the bathroom. He came to meet us for breakfast before we headed to the church. He had a very late flight in from India. We had the service in the church that started at 10. Mostly a youth based service and I was the first one called up. The best part was the I didn’t have to wear my suit jacket. Service included the youth as the choir. Even the Sunday School kids were part of it. They sang very well, some of the songs were in Tamil for one verse and another verse was in English. The group of boys played a couple of special songs with guitars too. They wanted the service done by 11:15 because many of the youth had to catch buses home…..when was the service done?….11:45. After service the youth were all given certificates for their participation in the weekend camp. The Ap, Bishop and I were all asked to hand out certificates as well, they had several little trophies for some of the youth leaders who helped organize the weekend. They had broken the youth into several groups and during the weekend there were many competitions. So the team with the most points was also presented with a huge trophy.
We all had lunch at the church together and the youth headed to the bus for their trips home. We headed back to the hotel with the Apostle by 3pm….or so. Later in the evening we got some rain so we had to stay inside. Ap. David gave me a lesson on cricket while we watched some on TV. I have the general idea, but I still need to look up some stuff. Did you know the original game of cricket created by the English was a 5 day event? Five days?!?!? The newer versions are only a day long and apparently they a huge following, especially in the betting parlours. We also were disappointed to figure out that we will miss the entire Stanley Cup final. Good thing that we have the internet so that we can keep up to date with the scores.
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