A church on the "east" side of town (we are northwest) invited MTC to an service in English and asked our English WEC TREK, Brian, to give the main message on missionary work in China. We gathered at MTC about 7pm, loaded three cars, to make the "start" of service about 7:30pm. This was the size of the audience when the assistant pastor, who is in charge of their English program and school, began the service in English and then had the translator do the Portuguese. As with most services we have attended the music is LOUD. Their worship group was even LOUDER. Janet, Brian's wife, wears rock band ear plugs for this type of service and even they were not too effective this night.
The childrens choir sang a song in Spanish and then again in English. This was the 5th or 6th group to sing or dance during the worship (musical) part of the evening which finally stopped about 9pm. Brian then gave his talk on how he and Janet had become "lay missionaries" in China and Egypt. My eyes and ears were glazing over at this time and I forgot to take a picture of he and Sergio, who translated into Portuguese. Sergio is the director of MTC and quite fluent in both languages. However even he was having trouble understanding Brian this night!! The loud speakers were interfering with his hearing and Brian speaks with a strong English accent. We finally got home after 11pm!! You got it right, I probably will bow out of the next event like this. Sara said the audience which really became large as the evening progressed was subdued compared to a normal service at this church.
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