by Becky Dick
Today we worshipped with the Brethren at the Castors Grace Brethren Church. It was a wonderful experience to be here after hearing, knowing and praying about this area of Africa since I was a child.
We were greeted at the entrance to the church by a man in a uniform. Barb Explained he is a TTN (Soldier of the Good News) mens group. We were ushered to our bench by an older woman (see photo at right) who made sure that we and everyone else squeezed in -- with thousands of people needing to be seated, wasted space is not allowed! Our bench, which was about ten feet long, was filled with seven people.
The music was such a blessing. They had two choirs sitting on opposite sides of the podium. The pastor, Pastor Joseph Ndomale, shared the word from II Samuel 24:19-25.
Afterwards I was greeted in English by a gal that I knew in Winona Lake when she was a little girl! It was Pastor Ndomale's daughter. What a treat to meet her again after all these years!
We capped off the morning worship time with a trip to the Grand Cafe, a bakery/cafe. The coffee and tea were delicious as were the French pasteries. Of course, with our two-day teacher
seminar starting tomorrow, our conversation eventually turned to the lessons we'll be presenting. Please pray for our time with these orphan teachers -- we'll have 30+ teachers in our class.
1 comment:
Hi Becky! We are sorry we did not get to see you before you left for Africa. You have been in our prayers though and I saw Barb just very quickly at the IMC and she was excited to have you with the team going down there. I pray your first day of teaching went well. It was great to see the pictures and read your blog. God bless!
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