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There is a sense that God is up to something here.  I think everyone has some sense of expectation.  We’re almost all here and we had our first session tonight.  It went really good.  Oscar helped set the tone.  I thought I’d share this with you--it was really hilarious--one of those things you would have had to been there but maybe you can get it:

Murui translation of 1 Corinthians 12

If the American church would say, because I am not of Africa I do not belong to the body, it would cease to be the body if the whole body were European where would the sense of joy be (hysterical laughter) and if the whole body were African where would the sense of order be.  But, in fact, God has arranged the parts of the body so that everyone of them just are as they should be.  If they were one part where would the body be - as it is there are many parts - but there is only one body.  The Canadian church cannot say to the Asian church I have no need of you.  That the Asian church cannot say to the Europen church I don’t need you.  On the contrary, the parts that seem to be weaker like the Japanese church are indespensible to the body.  African parts less honorable should be treated with special honor.  And the Latin American parts that seem unpresentable should be treated with modesty.  The presentable parts like the big American church need no special treatment - except for TEXAS - but God has combined the members of the body and there is greater honor to the parts that lacked it so that there should be no division in the body.  But the parts should have equal concern for each other if one part suffers every part suffers.  If one part is honored every part is valued.  Now you are the body of christ and each one of you is a part of it.