Victory Christian Fellowship

Our small church fellowship here in Songtan recently acquired our own space. In the past, we'd been using a Korean Methodist church, which was a really nice facility. It's nice, though, to be in our own place and have full access whenever we want or need. Here are some pictures of our first Sunday there, Thanksgiving Sunday. We had a big luncheon afterward (we usually have a small one). Take a look.

Here's Russ waving sheepishly in the empty sanctuary before the service started. We attend bible study at 11:30 before the service, which starts at 1:00 PM. The forest on stage are all plants given as a sort of house-warming gifts from all sorts of friends of church members. They took up the whole stage!

Here's the little foyer area where we will have meals and possibly Sunday School and Bible Studies. We eat a meal together as a congregation every Sunday after the worship service. It's nice.

Here's Merline, one of our Filipino friends. She's manning the controls of the soundbooth, making sure everything is sounding OK, and keeping the worship powerpoints rolling on time. She's married to one of the Iranian guys in the church, Andy.

Here's a peak at the first service in the new building. There were a lot of people there that don't usually go. They were Korean or Filipino family members who came to show their support.

Here's just a handful of our friends from the church who gathered for a photo.

Back Row: Harahm, Yazdan, Habbas (three totally cool Iranian guys), Russ

Middle Row: Iraj (Iranian guy who was imprisoned in Korea for a minor thing. He accepted Christ in prison, and the Iranian government came for him and told him he could get out if he would just denounce Christ. He refused and spent 3 years and 8 months in prison, often being tortured and treated badly. He just got out days ago and this is the first time we met him. He's cool) and Mara (one of our Filipino friends)

Front Row: Irene (Filipino friend), Jess, Mandie (Filipino friend)

We're really excited to have this opportunity to be part of a fellowship of believers here. It took us a while to actually feel like part of the body here, but this church has welcomed us in and plugged us into their family. We feel we belong and it will be hard to leave in June.