On Saturday, November 17, KBTS professor and longtime friend Dr. Ya Ha Lay Lay Lah took Dr. Lennart Bostrom and me to visit Tabernacle's Associate Pastor Daniel Calvin San's village. It was about an hour drive from the seminary, through streets crowded with Buddhist devotees processing to various pagodas for a religious festival, to reach the riverside. There we boarded small, motorized long boats for the final fifteen minutes of our journey to the village.
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| Long boat carrying Dr. Lennart Bostrom on the river to Daniel's village. |
We were taken to the traditional Karen home in which Daniel's 86 year old mother still lives. Daniel is one of eight children and we met most of his living brothers and sisters and their spouses.
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Daniel's mother, me, Dr. Ya Ha Lay Lay Lah, and Rev. Issac
(Photo on the wall is of Daniel's late father) |
Two of his brothers are also pastors. We were shown great hospitality and a very warm welcome. A lovely Karen meal, which featured chicken, duck, and fish, had been prepared for us. The duck was particularly tasty!
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| Guests eat while host family watches! |
After the meal, we visited the village's Baptist Church. It was constructed thanks to the sacrificial giving of Daniel and Anna who have been regularly sending funds from the U.S. for the construction of a new church. Before leaving the village for our return trip to Yangon, everyone posed for a group photo in front of the church.
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| Daniel's family and me in front of the village church. |
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| Pastors pose for photo at the front of the church. |
Before bidding our hosts "goodbye" at the riverside, we stopped at the site of Daniel's father --- a respected village leader.
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Rev. Issac and me with family members in front of Pastor Daniel's
father's grave. |
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