Moworo

On Sunday I was asked to officiate at the communion service being held at Moworo where Obadia and Briskila are stationed. They participate in the Mahula pastor’s course. Rev. Likita was scheduled to preach and he brought an extra pastor’s robe for me. The church building is small so we had the worship service outside under the mango tree near the church. There was a nice breeze to go with it as a bonus because the temperature is about as high as it gets here this time of the year; 105- 110 degrees F, cooling to 90 on some nights. I was glad I did not have to put the pastor’s robe on until the communion service later held in the church building. We had 28 people at the communion service but only 20 cups so we did that part twice. I noticed that the church did not have benches, people sat on boards on the ground; we hope we will be able to change that. It was however a meaningful service; I gave up trying to read the form and its difficult Hausa and opted to explain the intent of the form in simpler Hausa, simpler for me. All in all both services were meaningful and uplifting. We were very glad to participate and I was glad to take that robe off but using it for the service was important to the people present. When in Rome do as the Romans do.