Evidently two of the friends in the congregation began dating shortly after my last visit ended, and just announced their intention to get married last week. The wedding will be this Thursday. So some of the brothers went over to meet with the groom last night to help plan everything. This morning was spent practicing songs that we will sing after the wedding.
There will be five songs, the first is a translated version of song 36 in the new songbook. We're singing it like the choral arrangement that can be downloaded at jw.org, where the men and women sing separately and then join together on the chorus. Then the sisters will sing two songs together, followed by a song sung in Korean by a group of Korean sisters. Finally we all go back up to sing a translated version of song 92 from the new songbook.
The next day I will go down with a friend to his hometown and spend the night, since he lives near the bride's family. Then Saturday a group of us will go and visit the family. All in all, it's turning out to be a busy week. The friends here are very excited. Since there have been so few weddings in the congregation, it's a very special experience for them all.
On another note, I received a call from the embassy today letting me know my letter for the driver's license is ready. So things are actually moving forward in that regard as well.
good luck with the singing :D
ReplyDeleteI like to argue that the singing in Vietnam would be like 1000% better if all the words were arranged at the bottom of a screen and that the words that you're supposed to sing would like up.
Everyone would be a rockstar then.