Prof. & Lori Gritters

Prof. and Lori Gritters were able to spend almost a month in Singapore.  The main purpose of their visit was the church camp; however, they were able to do many other things with the members of CERC also.  Prof. preached a number of times and gave at least five speeches, in addition to the five at church camp.

Sunday worship

Family seminar--Prof. led it, and we did a lot of group work.

The girl with Jessica is Aubrey Kamps--

Titus & Charlynn Kamps' family from Faith PRC are visiting us right now.

Lori also gave one speech for the women of the congregation.  We had a women's conference one night, similar to the women's retreats that Byron Center PRC has hosted in the past.  Lori gave a speech on "Fellowship with God," as she did five years ago in Byron Center.

Opening devotions and singing

Lori speaking

Discussion groups afterwards

Then there were many fun outings and get-togethers.

Singapore Zoo

Get-together with a Bible study group one evening

Jason and Elijah getting spun in circles by Prof. during a trip to Sentosa

One Wednesday Lori joined a women's Bible study at my house, and after lunch together some of us went to Chinatown.

The first stop was a Muslim mosque--my first experience in one of these.  

We observed the men's prayers for a few minutes.

After the mosque and Hindu temple, we stopped to check out a Chinese medicine shop.

The middle two are dried seahorses and lizards.  

The shop employees told us the lizards are good for your lungs!

Monks leading people in chanting at the Buddhist temple

Chinatown wet market

Desserts with Serene, Lori, Jemima, Wan Teng, and Bee Hua

Chinese desserts

And there were a few other interesting cultural experiences.

Checking out the wet market by our place

Is that really a spine in the frog porridge?!!

Watching a woman cut durian at the fruit stand by our place

The Gritters left Singapore Tuesday morning.  We are thankful for the time they could spend with us and all the work they did among our church while they were here.  We pray God's rich blessings upon them as they return home.