| Happy Easter! Here is a video of kids leading a song at the Easter Service in the village of Nong Mek.... Easter Morning: I woke early and went to a sunrise service at the only Christian cemetery in the area. This is an annual event organized by 5 area churches, and after singing and celebrating everyone wanders through the cemetery to put flowers on the graves of relatives and pastors. It's nice actually, people chat, and stop by to give encouragement and blessings to those who are visiting graves of family members. People pass out eggs (hard boiled...) with Easter messages taped to them, or written in marker. They just give them to anyone. Here is the grave of one of the founding pastors in the city. It's quite large, they don't make them as large anymore.... Following this service (and large quantities of coffee) I went to Nong Mek village to attend a service in a small church made up largely of extended family members. These youth are great worship leaders, and there was a time for people to stand up and share testimonies and sing songs. My coworker Norm was called upon to preach without any warning (after 30 years in | |
