This morning when I went down to the MITS Learning Center to make coffee and set up my classroom, Brian Ochieng was already there setting up chairs and putting out song books for the worship. Later when it was time for class to begin, rain had come, so we undid Brian's work and put the chairs back in the Bible room. Then class met in the chapel room. We had a great class of 36 people, even 3 babies; with rain drumming on the roof, we had group discussions on 2 Timothy 2.
Often there are many in rural areas who stay home from church when it rains, and sometimes with us, especially since we meet outside. We kept our class and a few others in chapel, and Joel and others started worship in the Bible room. So, all of a sudden Kamulu had multiple services, and ours were simultaneous. Francis Wahome, one of our older students, led songs in the chapel room, while Joel Njue led in the Bible room. Francis Mbuvi preached his sermon after a couple of songs in the chapel room, while they sang in the Bible room. Then the children went out to Sunday school, and Jackton led the communion in the Bible room. After the
sermon, Francis went across the courtyard, and Jackton came to the chapel room for the Lord's Supper.
It worked out really well, so now we have a plan on rainy mornings. And we had 123 people, only about 10 fewer than usual. Besides that, we had 9 babies and 7 toddlers in church today. Since we have a single moms program, and our Team members have married and have children, 11 of them are our own. But that means 5 are from the community.
We honored one of our older students today for his service in the church. Francis Cugia has led in worship in prayer and the Lord's Supper for several years and has been a spiritual encouragement to younger kids. Here is his latest school picture. He is now in an internship in carpentry in the city.
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2 comments:
What a wonderful day! Thanks for sharing!
Charles, happy to hear you needed two services. Let's pray that becomes a problem more often.
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