Sunday Worship at South Hanwell - June 29

Our morning started off with worship at South Hanwell Baptist.  It is a blessing to be able to worship my Savior even while in another country! There were many countries represented in church, yet we were all praising the One true God!  The message was on having a quiet time with God each day, something many of us struggle with to "fit it all in", I know that this is an area I need to focus on in my life.  We also sang the song "I'll Stand", the lyrics are:

"I'll stand with arms high and heart abandoned in awe of the One who made it all, and I'll stand my soul Lord to you surrendered, all I am is Yours!"

My God is amazing, He died so that I can live with Him forever in eternity! 

After worship, we had tea (the British love to have tea :) and I am enjoying it as well!) and socialized before heading out to lunch.  We ate at a local place called the "Horseshoe."  The food was delicious.  We then went to Speaker's Corner.

Speaker's Corner is a place designated on Sunday afternoons only to basically let anyone stand and speak their minds - as long as they do not say anything against the Queen.  There are debates between Christianity and Muslims, people discussing politics, or Atheists disputing God, etc.  It is intriguing to listen to everyone around you.  I did not like it very much - it is too chaotic.  If you know me, you know how much I hate going to lunch in the cafeteria at school - it is way to loud!  I do not like to yell at someone to have a conversation :).  This is what it was like at Speaker's Corner - everyone trying to be louder than the person next to them so their voice would be heard.  Daniel loves it!!  I will say that I am impressed and excited for the ones who were standing up and telling about God!  It is awesome that they are able to do this and not be persecuted for telling others.  No one ever got violent in there defenses - which also amazed me.  If you are ever in London on a Sunday afternoon you should go for a little while!

After Speaker's Corner we traveled back to Westminster Abbey, where we were able to attend one of the evening services! This church is an Anglican church and the service was only about 30 minutes long.  The inside of the building is absolutely incredible.  Unfortunately we were not able to take any pictures.  You can Google images of Westminster Abbey and there are some from the inside!  I did take a picture of the program that was passed out.

A little bit of irony: Charles Darwin is buried in the floor of the Anglican Church.

Afterwards we headed back to Ealing where we ate at McDonalds :)  Then Daniel and I road the Tube and walked back to where we were staying for an early night!