I dag har vi fått vara med på en gudstjänst i "Living word". Församlingen ligger mitt i Mikindani, nära de
skolor vi besöker.
Today we have been to a service in the chuch Living word. The church is in Mikindani, close to the school and the pre-primary school.
De står just nu inför
ett stort projekt då de bygger en ny kyrka på samma plats där den gamla låg.
Visionerna är många och de bygger även en del i kyrkan för barnens verksamhet. Vår
vän Gift hämtade upp oss på hotellet och
väl framme vid kyrkan ca 9:40 var
församlingen redan i full gång med dans och sång. Pastor Gilbert, som i går
morse kom från Nairobi via buss, hade hela dagen i går fått kämpa med
byggarbetare för att få en del av golvet klart tills dagens gudstjänst. De hade
kämpat ända in på småtimmarna och där vi satt kunde vi känna att cementgolvet
fortfarande var blött. Han ursäktade sig därför med att han inte hunnit
förbereda sin predikan så som han hade önskat, därför skulle han hålla den
kort, (en timme och en kvart). Hela upplevelsen och all den värme och kärlek vi
kände från församlingsmedlemmarna tog verkligen tag i oss.
Just now they have a big project going on. They are buildning a new church on the place where the old church was placed. The visions are many and they also build a part of the church for the childrens meetings. Our friend Gift came to take us from the hotel and when we came to the church at 9.40 am the service had started with song and dance. Pastor Gilbert, as yesterday came from Nairobi by bus, had all day yesterday been struggeling with construction workers and members of the church to get the floor made for the sunday service. They had struggeled all day and evening and there we could have the service on the cement floor that still was a bit wet. He excused himself that he because of that hadn't have the time to prepare the preach as good as he had wanted to, and that he because of that would have a short preach this day (one hour and 15 minutes). The experience we wont forget was the love se felt in the assembly and it left us with a warm feeling.
De har inga
materiella rikedomar, men som pastor Gilbert sa i sin predikan är det inte det
materiella som är ett tecken på storhet (greatness) utan det är hur vi är mot
varandra och hur vi tjänar, går in i tjänst för varandra. Efter gudstjänsten på ca 3.5 timmar (vi kom
lite sent, de startade klockan 9:00 på morgonen) blev vi mycket generöst bjudna
på lunch av Gilbert. Sedan var det skönt
att komma tillbaka till hotellet då vi haft ännu en fantastisk dag med många
intryck och tankar.
This assembly hasn't big material wealth, but as pastor Gilbert said in his preach it is not the material that is a sign of greatness but the sigh of how we treat eachother and how we are serving eachother is the sign of greatness. After the service, as was about 3,5 hours (we came late as it had started 9 am) we was invited to a generous lunch of Gilbert. After that it was nice to come back to the hotel as we had had a lovely day with a lot of new impression and new thoughts.
Today we have been to a service in the chuch Living word. The church is in Mikindani, close to the school and the pre-primary school.
Just now they have a big project going on. They are buildning a new church on the place where the old church was placed. The visions are many and they also build a part of the church for the childrens meetings. Our friend Gift came to take us from the hotel and when we came to the church at 9.40 am the service had started with song and dance. Pastor Gilbert, as yesterday came from Nairobi by bus, had all day yesterday been struggeling with construction workers and members of the church to get the floor made for the sunday service. They had struggeled all day and evening and there we could have the service on the cement floor that still was a bit wet. He excused himself that he because of that hadn't have the time to prepare the preach as good as he had wanted to, and that he because of that would have a short preach this day (one hour and 15 minutes). The experience we wont forget was the love se felt in the assembly and it left us with a warm feeling.
Gilbert predikar och vi ser också det nya golvet.
Gilbert preach and we can see the new floor.
This assembly hasn't big material wealth, but as pastor Gilbert said in his preach it is not the material that is a sign of greatness but the sigh of how we treat eachother and how we are serving eachother is the sign of greatness. After the service, as was about 3,5 hours (we came late as it had started 9 am) we was invited to a generous lunch of Gilbert. After that it was nice to come back to the hotel as we had had a lovely day with a lot of new impression and new thoughts.
Den nya kyrkan byggs utanpå den gamla kyrkan.
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