TCBC Uth: a SUNDAY in Africa

What a day!! Sunday in Africa was an experience to say the least!! We attended the Baptist Church of one of our translators, Cephas. Eli and I got to sing a few songs (accompanied by Mark on the guitar) and Doug preached (with the help of Cephas translating), but we still got to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a people so few who know Jesus!! There were about 50 of us total in the church and their choir sang many songs (some even in tunes we knew). And the coolest part was that the pastor himself was BLIND!! He had a braille Bible (picture below) and a few of the men escorted him in at the beginning of the service and in the middle of the service, he stood up and started speaking very fluent English - welcoming us and blessing us!! We were all kind of shocked, but what a blessing he was.

After church we headed out to the river to enjoy some hamburgers and hot dogs on the "grill"!! We rode camels and some took a boat ride down the river and spotted a few hippos, even though it was hard to get close enough for a good picture.

Overall, it was a very good day, relaxing and enjoying the culture and beauty of this country; an experience we will not quickly forget.

Please pray for us as tomorrow is our LAST day of work and we MUST finish painting the school. We have a few loose ends still at the clinic as well....one room left of doors and we'll clean EVERYTHING. Then we have one more room at the school that needs a second coat, we'll paint the chalkboards (yes, the chalkboards are just black paint on the wall) and the windows and doors. It doesn't sound like much, but it IS!! Please pray for cooler weather so that we can work harder without overheating our poor, white bodies!!

Here are some photos from today!