Our New Church

Two Sundays ago we went to International Baptist Church for the first time. One of my Dad's friends knows the pastor there and told him that we should go check it out. It's a little bit far from our apartment, so we were hesitant at first. We planned our trip, which included a bus ride, a tram ride and then a 1/2 mile walk. So, Sunday morning came and we decided to give it a try. But we waited and waited and waited and the bus never showed up (apparently, the public transport is less than reliable on Sundays). We decided that if we were going to make it on time, we would have to take a cab. It turned out to be about a 25-minute cab ride, so it wasn't too bad. And it was definitely worth it. As soon as we walked in, we had several people greet us, including a girl who lives somewhat close to our area and immediately offered us rides to and from church (we'd just met her!). Everyone was very nice and made us feel very welcome.


The service was really good and the pastor ended up talking about things that Anthony and I had just been discussing the night before. God works in awesome ways! After the service, we met the pastors who ended up taking us to lunch! Two other couples came with us and we got a chance to know some new friends. We felt like we had known them for much longer than a couple of hours. After a great lunch, the pastors drove us all the way back to our apartment, which was completely out of their way and incredibly generous. It was a great day!

We went back yesterday and pretty much decided that this is the place for us! The regular pastors were away on holiday, but the guest speaker did an awesome job. He ended his message with an incredible acapella song that gave everyone goosebumps. More people asked us to go out to lunch again this week and we got to know 3 new people. One of the girls took us home as well, which was such a blessing! Apparently, the "young adults" get together about once a month for a game night or some kind of activity. I'm so excited for their next event!


Anthony and I had been struggling with finding a church and meeting other Christians. God has definitely blessed us and answered our prayers (thanks to all our family who were praying for us). We can already see this as our church home. We are so excited for what God is doing.