Bible Show at Fountain of Life Church

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  As mentioned before, Fountain of Life is one of those non-traditional churches in Spanish Lookout. On Friday night, June 7th, they held a repetition of a show performed 1 week earlier. The drama was called Agape and is based on Bible events from the beginning of Israel until the Ascension of Jesus into heaven. It points out key events about the love story of God toward humans throughout Bible history.
  Young men and women from different churches participated in the show, which was complete with costumes, makeup, curtains and realistic houses made out of plywood. It was an awesome presentation, the characters did an amazing job, they even threw in a bit of comedy. My applause to those performers. During the moment when the "soldiers" were nailing Jesus to the cross, a little boy was overcome with emotion. I myself was so engrossed that I did a poor job of taking pictures, sorry.


  The entrance fee was $5 per adult, and snacks and drinks were sold at the door also. Plautdietsch, Spanish, Maya and Creole were all sitting together. I saw some Kleine Gemeinde Mennonites there too, some looking a little sheepish and awkward. This is not their type of thing, you know. Although the church was full, it was not crowded.
  We left before it was completely done.

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