Sunday, August 30, 2015

City of Faith Word Center–Mount Barclay

August 30, 2015, we preached for one of our Bible school students. His church and setting reminded us so much of similar services in Malawi. It felt like home. Augustus and Mot Quaye are the pastors of this relatively new church plant in Mount Barclay.
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Rains this season caused the roof to collapse, causing some structural damage to the building, but they are re-building.
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We arrived in time for the last bit of Sunday school. Then it was time for praise and worship
led by the pastor’s wife.
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Offering time
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Preaching
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Faces in the crowd
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Prayer time
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They presented us with gifts at the end of the service.
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Group shot before saying good-bye
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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Zion A/G Revival–Caldwell

Wednesday night, August 19, we began a four-day revival at Zion A/G with Pastors Abenda and Comfort Tamba. The church had a month-long set of revival services with different speakers and all-night prayer meetings. This was the third week, and we were sure that the people would be tired. Were we ever wrong!
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The pastor introducing us to the congretation
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Praise and worship and the choir
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Random pictures of the congregation.  Notice the little boy with the umbrella.  I told you it rains a lot here!
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Fredna greeting before the preaching
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Preaching and altar service with Fredna praying for those who responded to God calling them into ministry
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Pastors Abenda and Comfort Tamba with their little girl and the meal they prepared for us on Sunday
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A couple of cute little children
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The pastor and elders took us on a short walk to the church school, which is in need of some updates
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Scenes from the neighborhood and route to/from church
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