Sunday, July 27

What a day of worship! We attended a local Christian church that will have close to 5,000 brothers and sisters in attendance today.

We sang (we all learned a little Chinese today), talked to the Father and heard a glorious message that we could not understand, but we could tell that The Book was being taught. The choir sang beautifully and led wonderfully.

After the service we had the chance to meet with the Senior Pastor who has been at this church for "60" years. He said when he came here the city had 100 brothers and sisters, now about 20,ooo. The Father is at work!

Towards the end of the service we sang "The Doxology" with all voices lifted in praise, the language didn't matter.

The rest of the day involved eating and becoming very proficient at using chopsticks. Then we had the opportunity to going to a local market where they sell everything except the kitchen sink and had a time fun time shopping.

Request:
continued unity and growth as a team,
stamina for the work at the Urumqi City orphanage tomorrow and Tuesday,
patience as wait on the Father to reveal his plans for Wednesday and Thursday

Blessing!
Jimmie

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