It was interesting to go to another church and see how they worship. There was unity there. A good chunk of the songs were translated from English, so I knew the melody, and the God being preached about is the same God that I know. He talked about sin, a lot about sin, and the fast that our salvation completed.
It was difficult to concentrate. Part of it, I think, is the Spanish, the other, part, I think, is that I'm just out of practice. I haven't had to concenrate on something auditory with any visual help for awhile. Probably not since school. Usually, there's notes you can follow, a bulletin perhaps; but here, there was nothing. It was all 100% auditory. And that made it difficult.
But it did make it easier to sing the songs since I already knew them, and I felt like I was worshipping God since I knew what the songs were about. Whenever I said 'Amen' after somebody prayed, it didn't mean anything, since I didn't know what was said.
We also took communion, but instead of doing it at the same time, everybody ate the bread and drank the cup as soon as it was brought to you. I didn't feel any unity in that. But is there really a right or wrong way to take communion, other than the corrupted way described in 1st Corinthians? I'm not sure. Am I looking for my way of doing things, or is one way better than the other? Or do both serve the same purpose?
At first, I didn't really want to go to this church, because we were told that churches around here are really small. And it was. I figured that a lot of people would go to this church because two of the leaders go here; and they did. But it wasn't bad. To the best of my ability, it seemed like the Lord was here. I saw the raising of hands, heard the Amen's, and was able to understand enough that this church, small as it is, is alive.
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