Church

Today is Sunday and our team got up and went to a local church here in Jos. It was so refreshing to hear the Nigerian people sing and worship. Very cool!

Its hard to describe the atmosphere in this place. But I'll do my best to describe church today...

We got their and walked in and sang several songs. Then the pastor gave the sermon and it was so awesome. The team and I discussed after church how we thought it was directed towards us. The pastor talked about having patience! It spoke to many of us bc its been hard for us to be away from our families and with people we don't know very well for 2 weeks. However God does things in his own time so we have to remember that when becoming impatient.

 We then had communion and church was done. It was a very meaningful service to me...as I looked around the church I saw many white people in the crowd. I later learned this church was where many missionaries that work in Nigeria go to church. Wow! I couldn't imagine doing this all the time. Its been hard enough for me to do it for 2 weeks. I just have the most respect for these people and will continue to pray for them. I met several of them after the service and of course they are the most loving people you will ever meet. I was happy I got to meet and visit with them!

We are relaxing, doing laundry, journaling, etc the rest of the day until we start back to work tomorrow!