It is five minutes to Christmas here in Bucharest. Earlier in the day, Susan (who is visiting for the holidays :) :) :) ) and I were discussing how it just doesn't seem like Christmas without the candlelight service on Christmas Eve at Gordonsville Baptist Church. My church here has a Christmas Eve service so we went like good girls. It was the children's program along with the carols sung by the youth. I knew quite a few of these carols because I have been attending the practices for the past five Saturdays but didn't join in the singing because I missed a dress code memo (aka I thought it was okay to wear pants because it was the children's program but it really wasn't a good idea).
Anyways, towards the end of the service one of the leaders got up to lead the congregation in the closing hymn before being dismissed. Right as he stood, the electricity in the church went out. Everyone whipped out their cellphones lights to see. Then, they started to sing. It was Silent Night and we sang by cellphone light instead of candlelight. Susan and I sang along in English but we forgot a few verses. It was an awesome!
Merry Christmas everyone!
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