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Participating in local tourism and serving with local ministries provided another chance to connect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get a lot of value and joy out of helping people,\u201d says Daniel Beachy, who signed up for a service activity. \u201cIt was a lot of fun planting trees knowing that they will grow to feed future people that attend the seminary\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others went to an orphanage where \u201cSinging together with actions helped to bridge the language barrier,\u201d says Gerald Neufeld. Participant Hakjoon Ko (\u201cJoe Ko\u201d) taught a Korean song with actions that urged children and volunteers to learn something new.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned from young volunteers that whatever work is done, it has to be done happily. All of them were always smiling and discharging their responsibilities,\u201d says Ranjana Nath.<\/p>\n<p>Some tours encountered barriers in seeing the sites, but \u201cWe met new people from US and Canada and had a great feast together, sharing our views and culture,\u201d says Arpan Nath of India.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing Indonesian food in a little caf\u00e9 with mothers and their children from India was \u201cthe best part of the trip\u201d says Carla Rupp from the USA who was also attending with her son.<\/p>\n<p>Felo Gracia from DR Congo crossed cultural barriers on the tours. \u201cI was the only black person in the two trips, but I felt that I was among family,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tour helped me in bonding with new people,\u201d says Subhashini Biswas. \u201cIt was really heart warming to feel the same devotion and blessings and love we have for each other even though we all belong to different culture and country. I was able to see the deep connection that people have with the Almighty even when the world in general is undergoing the hardships of war, pandemics and political turbulence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tastes of durian and selabi were totally new for me\u201d, says Didier Bellefleur from France. \u201cThe tours helped me to better discover the culture, history and countryside of Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take away a more observant and open mind to evaluate things, both in my national church and my local congregation,\u201d says Clemens Rahn of Paraguay.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h5><strong>This article first appeared in&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/resources\/courier-2022-2-october\">Courier\/Correo\/Courrier October 2022.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assembly activities Connecting with people is at the heart of MWC Assemblies. 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