We went to church at one of my favorite churches this morning. The Living Gospel World Mission Church with pastor Nsangu Phiri. Pastor McDearmon preached there this morning. I debriefed him on the drive over, since James was taking the other two men to preach at different churches. I thought it might help to be prepared for the "lively" worship and singing, the multitude of distractions and that he would receive a chicken as his thank you for preaching!
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| Pastor Phiri translated, and did a great job at that. |
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| Time of giving tithes and offerings |
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| The other 2 elders at the church along with Pastor McDearmon and Pastor Phiri |
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| Pastor McDearmon was delighted to see among Pastor Phiri's books, the ESV Study Bible that their church donated to the pastors over a year and a half ago. |
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| Washing hands before eating the snack that they always so graciously give us. |
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Our troopers!
They do a great job when we are visiting these churches. It is often very hot, like today, and services are long and loud and can be a test of our endurance ( mine included) on many days.
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| The gift of the chicken! |
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Pastor Phiri's family.
He has 7 children ( one is not pictured) and then has also taken in 4 children that were needy in the church. And I assure you he does not have a big house or a big salary. He just saw the need and acted on it. |
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A few kids from the church. I took their picture and within a few seconds a huge number of them had gathered
to have their picture taken as well... |
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