Day Ten: Shopping and Singing

Church today! What an awesome way to start our day with amazing worship, an encouraging testimony from one of the members of the Korean mission trip team and a fantastic message from pastor Dewey about taming the tongue. After church we waited to collect our money from the safe and in the meantime, spent some time with the JAZ Girls at the YMC.

Once we had collected all that we needed we jumped in the vehicles and headed for Greenhills Markets. Before we were let loose in the markets we got our money changed and had lunch at Yellow Cab Pizza, that’s when the fun began. We split off into groups of three or more and began shopping. Bargaining was a new experience for many people and some of us felt sorry for the people behind the counter (sellers), as we felt like we were lowering the prices too much. After an hour and a half we all met back for a quick chat about what we had bought so far. Exchanges of bargains and where we all bought cool items were made and we were then sent back out for another hour.

Then we headed home for dinner with devotions to follow. Ben lead us in worship and Tyler read a book to all the kids. As we headed to the YMC, not sure about the night activity, we were told to grab a towel and a plastic cup. Once we arrived at our destination, we discovered that our towels were never needed and instead our vocal cords. Karaoke was an epic way to end the night with some outstanding performances by some (Enoch Kim) and some less outstanding performances. After we had all laughed and been pretty embarrassed, we headed home for debrief and bed and getting ready for our last day.