Kristi here. Its Sunday in Swaziland!! That means a long drive out to a rural church
and an even longer church service! The
church we attended is one of our host, Bongi’s two congregations. It was a
small congregation made up mostly of Grandmothers and many orphans. This means Grandmas taking care of their
parentless grandchildren or child-headed households. This church, as with most
rural churches, is comprised of these.
Yet, they sing and dance with joy, they give generously and they are so
welcoming. They sang for about an hour,
big beautiful songs in Siswati. There was a lot of participation in all the
parts of the service. Jeff preached with an interpreter and they had their fundraising
Sunday for their new building. People danced up the isles to give their gifts
joyfully! What a sight!
The service lasted about 3 hours and it was a great
morning. We gathered for tea afterwards
and the children stayed outside with their teacher so the adults could
talk! What a great idea! Violet was once
again right in with the kids surrounding her. They love to touch her
hands! We are looking forward to a nice
relaxing afternoon at the hotel after some pretty emotional days. Tomorrow we
are off to the World Vision National Office and a Glass Factory!
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