Tourism day was a success! Not only did we buy some sweet Congolese merchandise, we also had ICE CREAM! Real, just like home, Ice cream! We were in heaven. We went out for dinner for the first time too. It was a nice break from the everyday Congo life.
We doubled teamed church on Sunday. We went from one church, straight to the next. These services are long, so it seemed we were in eternal church. In the past two days we’ve all had the chance to speak in church. In fact, combined we have spoken 12 times in the past two days. We’ve been in charge of putting the services together. It’s been a great opportunity, one I’ve been looking forward to in coming here. I’ve preached 3 times in the past two days! Brittany and Jeff have also shared at every service these past two days. Tomorrow we go back to work at our orphanage so it’ll be a nice change. We are saying goodbye tomorrow to our kids. It’s our last day with them.
Tonight was great. We took off for the other side of the city to meet with a large church. It was hilarious because when we got there, they asked who was speaking. Our host pointed to me, and they came over and put a big badge on me that said pastor, and made me sit at the front alone. Haha. I was laughing out loud as they pinned it on me. There was a real band with mics, a keyboard, drums and a guitar! I’ve never had more fun in church. We danced our hearts out. I worked up a sweat. I’m pretty sure Jeff lost all control because I’ve never seen him dance like that. I was entertained just watching him. He just tears up every Congolese church we go to. We had a chance to sing as well. After the service they served us coke and peanuts as they asked us questions about Canada. The power suddenly went out and the pastor came running in saying our car was here and we needed to leave immediately. It was just so random. Poor Kelly is just grabbing her guitar and trying to push her way through the crowd. The guitar is bigger than her. Haha
Prayer requests? We would love consistent water and electricity. It’s something we are used to by now, but it’s getting a little worse. Also, bed bugs. We think? Almost all of us are covered in bites. These are just little things though. Totally not complaints. Just if you’re praying for us, you mine as well throw them in there. We are now entering our last week here. We are preparing our last week, and I think it becomes difficult to stay focused and not get distracted as our time comes to a close. We are all looking forward to familiar foods, hot water, real showers, toilets, clean clothes, family, etc. We all want to be as intentional as we can be while we are here. Pray that we would stay focused.
Again, no need to worry about us! We are doing great!
Love,
Team Congo
P.S The reason we aren’t posting pictures is because it takes up too much internet. We have an internet stick with a set number of megabits. We will post when we get back to Canada! I’m sure they’ll be all over facebook too. Ha
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