...to make lanugage mistake #279

Friend says, "Why were you guys so late for church?"

We say, "We were only a few minutes late."

Friend, "Did you know that church starts at 5:00pm during the school year- not 6:00?

We, "ummmm nope. How were we supposed to know that?!"

Friend, "Oh, it was in the announcemtents last week."

Nice. =)

This is the story of how this Baptist church was built...

When Yugoslavia was under communism, all of the building permits had to be approved by the government. The Baptist church wanted to build a building in Ljubljana, but of course their permits were repeatedly denied. When it was announced that President Jimmy Carter was going to visit Yugoslavia, the Baptist church took advantage of the situation and wrote a letter to the government.

They said it would be a huge embarrassment to the country if Jimmy Carter wanted to go to church while he was visiting and there were no Baptist churches available in the capital city.

It didn't take long for the permits to be approved after the letter was sent and the church was built! Sadly enough, President Carter never did stop by, but he certainly had a building to go to if he had wanted to!