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Sun, 15 Apr 2001 20:42:09 +0100
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Hiya Loonies...
When you don't know what's going on, doing as those around you do can
keep you out of trouble, or maybe not as the case may be...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------
A new missionary recruit went to Venezuela for the first time. He was
struggling with the language and didn't understand a whole lot of what
was going on. Intending to visit one of the local churches, he got lost,
but eventually got back on track and found the place.
Having arrived late, the church was already packed. The only pew left
was the one on the front row.
So as not to make a fool of himself, he decided to pick someone out of
the crowd to imitate. He chose to follow the man sitting next to him on
the front pew. As they sang, the man clapped his hands, so the
missionary recruit clapped too.
When the man stood up to pray, the missionary recruit stood up too. When
the man sat down, he sat down.
When the man held the cup and bread for the Lord's Supper, he held the
cup and bread. During the preaching, the recruit didn't understand a
thing. He just sat there and tried to look just like that man in the
front pew.
Then he perceived that the preacher was giving announcements. People
clapped, so he looked to see if the man was clapping. He was, and so the
recruit clapped too.
Then the preacher said some words that he didn't understand and he saw
the man next to him stand up. So he stood up too.
Suddenly a hush fell over the entire congregation. A few people gasped.
He looked around and saw that nobody else was standing. So he sat down.
After the service ended, the preacher stood at the door shaking the
hands of those who were leaving.
When the missionary recruit stretched out his hand to greet the
preacher, the preacher said, in English: "I take it you don't speak
Spanish."
The missionary recruit replied: "No I don't. It's that obvious?"
"Well yes," said the preacher, "I announced that the Acosta family had a
newborn baby boy and would the proud father please stand up."
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