Wedding Crashers

Chalk up another unique experience for Team Sumatra!  Today as we were swimming at the Crowne Plaza pool in Singapore we discovered that there were flowers and rows of chairs set up on one side of the pool, as well as a DJ playing some music.  This seemed odd and it turned out it was for a wedding ceremony that was to begin soon after we all started swimming.  Yes they had the ceremony in as the pool was open for all of the other guests.  So there we were hanging out in the pool while the ceremony was taking place.  We all settled down to watch and thankfully for us it was a fairly quick service.  The pastor did a nice job and the we cheered loudly when they were pronounced man and wife.  We even asked them to come over for a picture with our group which they graciously did.  I am sure they will treasure it in their wedding album for years to come!

We made it to Rumbai this evening and after putting 48 suitcases in one of our four houses we headed off for dinner at one of the families on camp.  We had some very tired kids but they made it through their spaghetti and then back to the houses for sleep.  Jimmy, Kathi and I worked on getting most of the bags unpacked which was quite an undertaking.  It is 9:30 PM here now and we can barely keep our eyes open.

We want to thank the Lord that we made it to Sumatra safe and sound.  That all of our luggage made it safely and that all of the team is healthy and getting along.  Please pray that they will have a deep and meaningful experience this next week and a half that will strengthen their walk with Jesus as they interact with the people of PKU.

Tomorrow it is church at PICF and then a day to rest and hopefully get a trip in to the orphanage before staring our time with the Indonesian students on Monday.