PICNIC AT SAN MATEO
That Sunday
Afternoon Pastor Ziad and my friends at The Gate Church in San Mateo invited me
over for a picnic.
This church
normally puts together such a picnic where members come and have dinner
together. This time round they were congregating with two other churches that
are mainly Arabic, one from Sacramento and another from Modesto.
I went with
my friends from Hayward; Joe and Cairn Diaz and Bill and Shirley James. It was
a joy to meet wonderful people here plus friends I had met the previous year.
What amazed me most was to meet brothers and sister from the Middle East who
believe in Jesus. It amazing to meet Arabic people who love Jesus and are
spirit filled!
Victor, one
of the pastors opened with prayer in Arabic. This sounded familiar but the only
time I hear Arabic is when Moslems are praying. It sounded good from a Pastor
and believer in Jesus.
We then had
food which was mainly barbeque with some Arabic food. It was a great time of
fellowship. What made it unique was the fact that many nations were
represented, it was international. We had more than 10 nations represented;
Egypt, Jordan, Persia, Israel, Portugal, Korea, China, Iran, Lebanon,
Palestine, USA and of course me from the great Uganda. After our meal everybody
was saying; “Allah Akbar!”
Thank you
Jesus for the price you paid on the cross that brings us together irrespective
on nationality, race or color and we all become the children of God.
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