A Wonderful Day!

Yesterday the team had worship here at WCIU in the morning and then we went to the Vietnamese Alliance Church in Orange County, California. It is Steven's home church. The pastor had us come up front and prayed for us. There was a guest speaker from Southern Vietnam. The whole service was in Vietnamese so I didn't understand any of it. They did put a translator in the middle of our group but I was unable to really hear her. It was just awesome to be there. It was the first of the month so we had communion with them as well.

A couple from the church took us all out to eat at a Vietnamese resturant. It is Vietnamese custom that whoever invites pays for everyone. They ordered for all of us, we had rare steak noodle soup and spring rolls. It was difficult at first trying to eat the noodles in the soup with chopsticks but I was starting to get the hang of it. The spring rolls were good with shrimp and a little pork in them. We had what was like tapioca pudding for dessert.

Then we went to Tanh's church which is a smaller church and didn't start until 2pm. We got there for the end of the service. The pastor also had us all come up front and prayed for all of us. they also had communion. Then they had fellowship time which consisted of eating a type of bun that had meat and egg in the center. It was good. and also a drink type, a different type of tapioca dessert. I think they called it "ja" and there are all different kinds.

Then we went to the beach--Huntington State Beach. It was beautiful. I'll download some pictures as soon as I can.

Then we stopped at Target for some last minute shopping and came back to WCIU where we had pizza. It was truly a wonderful day and introduction into the Vietnamese culture.