Redeeming creation one byte at a time
A cultural weekend.
Yup. It was quite the cultural weekend for us.
First, we made it up to Chicago this weekend to see the Mesgana dancers, a group from Eithiopia made up of girls who are raising money for an education fund in their country. The Evanston Vineyard hosted the program and I have to say it was a blast. I have a few pictures I’ll get up soon. I think for me it really got me excited for the adoption and going over there. According to the site, only around 1/3 of Ethiopian girls get an education compared to around 70% of boys. The goal of this group, primairly, is to provide an education for the girls in the program. It really surprised me too that a basic education for the girls is only around 200/year. Picts will be up soon.
The other cultural experience for the weekend came at church; we ended up visiting a friend’s church in Joliet that was a bit not what we were used to. It’s always nice to be in a church environment where I’m different (and it’s really obvious), especially with Melissa. It really has a thing of making me appreciate the diversity and beauty of God’s kingdom. It also forces me to listen alot more not knowing what is going on and alot of the words to the music; it requires that you find the true and beautiful and pay attention. There are times I go into church and it’s repititive and shaking me out of that every once in a while is a good exercise; there are times I need the familiar but the unfamiliar frames what I know really well.
To walk into the unfamiliar requries I look for the familiar and it often is from a different angle.
You so cultural!!! Looking forward to seeing some dance pictures.
I can’t wait to read your review from Seattle. That’s a whole other world according to my mother who lives there.
The dance pictures are wonderful.
I love to visit other churches.
A Visitor gets pampered so much more than a routine worker within the congregation.
You were in Chicago? That’s pretty close. Then Joliet? That’s closer! You should have hollered out a hello from 55 as it passes Route 53 (Bolingbrook). I would have waved.
dof – it seems as though many of my picts are ending up on facebook this days
. Yup, Seattle is going to be a b-l-a-s-t, I can hardly wait.
mrs. dof – This was a bit of a different situation
, your hubby can fill in a bit more.
Craver-VII – Didn’t you feel the disturbance in the Force?
Next time I’ll have to destroy a planet 
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Of course I felt the disturbance in the force, Pete. But after a few helpings of tacos and refried beans, I naturally assumed that it was me who CAUSED the disturbance in the force! I’ll try to keep a sharper eye out next time.
And when you destroy a planet, you usually pick one that exists outside of our solar system, right?