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9.8.05

yoido full gospel church part 1

i am finally here, after months of anticipation, in yoido full gospel church! look at the size of the main sanctuary. we (with yuxun, irene, faith and ting ting) are sitting somewhere in the middle, so there are actually another half of the congregation sitting behind us, not to mention the overflow 'buildings' (take note, not rooms, buildings) where thousands gather to worship the Lord.

let me take a step back and explain the whole experience to you
at 10:10 am we arrived at yoinaru subway station to be greated by 2 members giving out newsletter of that church. wow, first impression. we find a crowd to follow but there weren't many because the majority are already there lining up! eventually with ting ting's help, we board the bus and headed for the church. when we reached there, we were overwhelmed by what we saw.

rows and rows of buses and cars filled the parking space ( given by the government)

the building is huge, so huge that you cannot get the complete picture of the whole building. i cannot even take a decent picture of the whole church because it is simply huge. there are people already queuing, along the stairwell. (something not too different from city harvest but at a greater scale - later we were told, if you are 15 min early, you are probably late!!)

faith, irene, and ting ting waiting to go into the sanctuary. apparently someone is not that pleased!

waited for a while, noises, sweat, the usual but worst than city harvest. oh ya the crowd are not youth but all kinds, including babies. cute



earphones for translation during the service

languages include: english, japanese, chinese, german, french, russian, and malay!!

(sigh, i wish i know korean, then i do not have to wear that)


hmm i am carrying a song book

read, for foreigners only!

the choir is powerful, dressed in uniformed robe, they filled the sanctuary with the holy voice. ( think benny hinn's healing crusade)

powerful

not to mentioned the part the when the whole church pray in spirit. a bell has to be used to signal them to stop!


signing off with love at 1:50 PM


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