Church Visitors (2)

I already wrote about some of the things we were able to do with this year's church visitors, my parents and Rev. & Jen Eriks.  Here are a few more pictures of some of the sightseeing things we did:

 

Enjoying visiting before dinner at Lau Pa Sat

Lau Pa Sat food--A city street is shut down at 7:00 p.m., and tables

and stools are set up in the road for people to eat dinner there.

A walk through our neighborhood market--

Notice the big shrine in the back of this stall.

Lunch after shopping in Chinatown

Singapore River cruise

Some kids were missing their own dad, who was in 

India at the time--more on that in a future blog, Lord willing!

Would you believe this is on the roof of a mall?!

Beach on Sentosa

Gardens by the Bay

Of course the visitors were not here only to sightsee!  The Thursday of their visit (March 26), the church visitors met with CERC's Session (council).  The men always go out for dinner together before the meeting.

Church visitors with the Session

Their last Sunday here, the youth hosted a dinner.  As in the past, the Americans got to play games for everyone's entertainment. :-) 

My parents had to play Charades.

The Eriks had to do Pictionary--Jen is drawing 

"Calvinism" here.  (The youth don't make it easy! :-) )

My dad and Rev. Eriks had to read poems to their wives, describing their great 

love for their wives in Singapore terms.  "How the Merlion spews its excess, is 

how I wish my love to express.  As the durian is fragrant and sweet, of it I think 

every time we meet..."

Jason, Iva, Isa, and Joanna

My husband and I had to do lip-reading.  Not easy. :-)

When we were finished, a couple of the young men had to give it a try.

Before dinner we gathered in the sanctuary for devotions and singing.  It is the custom 

with the youth here to sing a Psalter medley from Psalm 121 before visitors leave.

Group photo

"From every evil shall He keep thy soul, From every sin; Jehovah shall preserve thy going out, Thy coming in; Above thee watching, He Whom we adore Shall keep thee henceforth, yea, for evermore" (Psalter 347:4).