We had a Thanksgiving visit from one of our Swedish friends, Peter Albertsson, who told us of one way that Obama's election was celebrated in Eskilstuna. On the Sunday after the election in the medieval church of Forskyrkan, the youth choir sang several American spirituals. At the end of each one they all shouted out "Yes We Can!" and the congregation chimed in.
I don't know whose idea this was: Tim, the pastor who just happens to be from Michigan, or Mats, the choir director who recently worked with South African singers on "Showboat," or maybe the choir members themselves, but thanks to you all for your support. We were very happy too.
Now that we've heard from Hong Kong (see November post "midnight phone call") and Sweden, we're sure that this celebration is worldwide.
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Lovely. My husband's daughter just celebrated her honeymoon in Thailand where they too started to cheer "Yes We Can!" when they found out the happy couple was American. Nice that the world has our back again!
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