Easter away weekend

We are just back from our church’s 3-day away week-end, a first. Sixty adults attended and many children. Over 20 would not have afforded the £4 but for support from our friends in the UK. There were practical sessions on money, loyalty, & the occult, which is powerful here.

It was held in a girl’s boarding school in town next to the government offices and the football stadium. Cooking facilities are basic; note helen pounding with the pestle & mortar the onions, chillies and tomatoes for the sauce, which is swimming in palm oil; football reigns as always.

We enjoyed getting to know them better and being accepted. I spoke to the group about experiences we had in Africa when we were both young, and how this time is fulfilling a hunger in our hearts for the warm people of this great continent. Helen, speaking in Krio lead prayer for Christians suffering for their faith at this time in the Middle East.