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A new missionary recruit went to Venezuela for the first
time. He was struggling with the language and didn't
understand a whole lot of what was going on. Intending to
visit one of the local churches, he got lost, but eventually
got back on track and found the place.
Having arrived late, the church was already packed. The only
pew left was the one on the front row.
So as not to make a fool of himself, he decided to pick
someone out of the crowd to imitate. He chose to follow the
man sitting next to him on the front pew. As they sang, the
man clapped his hands, so the missionary recruit clapped too.
When the man stood up to pray, the missionary recruit stood
up too. When the man sat down, he sat down.
When the man held the cup and bread for the Lord's Supper, he
held the cup and bread. During the preaching, the recruit
didn't understand a thing. He just sat there and tried to
look just like that man in the front pew.
Then he perceived that the preacher was giving announcements.
People clapped, so he looked to see if the man was clapping.
He was, and so the recruit clapped too.
Then the preacher said some words that he didn't understand
and he saw the man next to him stand up. So he stood up too.
Suddenly a hush fell over the entire congregation. A few
people gasped. He looked around and saw that nobody else was
standing. So he sat down.
After the service ended, the preacher stood at the door
shaking the hands of those who were leaving. When the
missionary recruit stretched out his hand to greet the
preacher, the preacher said, in English: "I take it you don't
speak Spanish."
The missionary recruit replied: "No I don't. It's that
obvious?"
"Well yes," said the preacher, "I announced that the Acosta
family had a newborn baby boy and would the proud father
please stand up."
     
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