Sunday, September 26, 2010

Jehovah Witness

Today, I attended a different church that is closer to my house. My neighbor, Sophia and her family, took me to their church in Neihu. They are Jehovah witnesses. The morning service was in Chinese. I didn't understand everything, but could make out what some of it. Her children are very smart in their young age. They showed me where to go in the Bible and their hymn book (even though it was in Chinese). The people there were very nice and I stuck out tremendously. One of the leaders was from New Zealand. He helped me out and copied stuff from his booklet because it was in English (although he taught in Chinese). Nevertheless, I enjoyed it and learned some things. After the service, they took me to a famous restaurant in Neihu. I couldn't tell you the name of it, but I can tell you it was buffet style. We got there in time, but a rush of people came in as we were loading down our plates. After they taught me how to use chopsticks (I have been taught 4 times now and I'm almost there), they took me to the English service. It starts at 1pm and last until 3:30 or 4pm. There were a lot of foreigners there. They were nice as well! I met4 South Africans, 1 Canadian, 1 Czech, and a French couple. There were many other foreigners there, but those were the main ones that spoke to me. After that service, Sophia and I said goodbye to her Aunt and then she taught me what bus to take to get to and from the building. I could tell that the area wasn't use to foreigners like me because everyone was looking at us, smiling at us, and trying to read the little map that Sophia was drawing for me. They were so interested in what we were doing, that one lady actually had her chin over Sophia's shoulder. It was crazy! I'm glad that I am a nice person (insider). The rest of the day will be filled with relaxation because this will be a long work week.

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  1. Your impression is similar to author of the book, How God Changes Your Brain, Mark Robert Waldman in an interview with Tavis Smiley on PBS in the United States last year (2009). He was referring to Jehovah's Witnesses in the region around Oberlin College. He said.

    "I can walk into a Jehovah's Witness congregation - and I wish more non-religious people would do this - and have been met with more heartfelt love and caring and acceptance for me no matter what my belief system is. It makes me come back out and wonder, 'What are they doing that's right that the rest of us are not doing?'"

    It's nice to see that they feeling is international.

    If you want to be a bit ahead of the game in the future, you can download some of the material used at the Sunday service here:

    http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=QrYQZRQVNZNT

    Look for the magazine labeled study edition that's about 1 month past.

    jdamico

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