Today was the Saturday of the international convention. It was a pretty cool day, baptism talk was amazing! Not everyone liked it, but I thought it was superb. An African (?) brother gave it, he's in the Paris English congregation, so maybe we might meet him when we go to the Paris English East meeting on Tuesday. He was very clear and it was apparent that for him the truth is very simple... I loved that. No complicated or obscure teachings, he stressed faithfulness and giving Jehovah our best.
Another highlight for me today was after the session; a group of South African brothers and sisters got together and sang a few Kingdom songs acapella. They have some cool harmonies and really get into the singing... I got a couple of videos of it. The last song we all joined in, that was pretty cool!
I've met probably hundreds of people... It has been really amazing, so different from our usual district conventions... I wish we could bring some of the international convention flavour to our district conventions... Not feeling awkward or embarrassed to walk up to people and introduce yourself. Maybe I'll try that next time in Kitchener!
The international convention part of the trip is coming to a close, and I am starting to feel sad that it will so soon all be over... It's been a great trip so far, and I know for sure I'll be signed up for the next international, if there is one. We met a family from California (Glen knows them from before) and the mom has a special savings account set up just for international conventions.... Great idea!
Almost time for supper... I think I have more stuff to say, but can't remember right now.... I'm going to upload my pictures to Picasa... There should be some cool videos there, too, of the South African brothers singing.
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