The past few Sundays, I have been attending Joensuun Vapaaseurakunta, a small Free church in city center. While all their services are done in Finnish, they have a translation ministry that I greatly appreciate. Every Sunday, I get a pair of headphones that allow me to listen to an English translation of the service. Besides me, there is only one other gentleman from the Congo who uses the headphones (and he happens to be the husband of the woman who does all the translating).
Attending Joensuun Vapaaseurakunta has not only been a good opportunity for me to join in fellowship with some local Finns, but I have also appreciated getting to practice the few Finnish words I know. With each passing week, I find that I am able to understand more and more of the lyrics in the songs during worship. I am also becoming more comfortable with how to respond when people greet me with an enthusiastic "Tervetuloa" (Welcome) or "Hyvää huomenta!" (Good morning!).
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