Rainy Sunday

This past Sunday, George and I ended up having the day off. Pastor Zach taught on Sunday and our evening classes were cancelled. The morning service was really nice. Zach taught about thanking the Lord for all He has done for us. In order to be more grateful, we should keep track of all our prayer requests and at the end of the year, we can see all God has done. If we don't keep track, it's easy to dwell on our needs and what didn't happen. We might feel overlooked and forgotten, wondering why God hasn't answered our prayers. This way we can look back and remind ourselves of the little and big things He did. I was excited by this idea and want to do it in 2013.

Instead of going home right after church, we ended up being trapped there... by the rain. When the rain comes, things shut down. Schedules are dropped and people have to wait it out. The roads are not paved where our church is and there was no way a taxi could make it there during a downpour. So, we hung out with Zach and his family whose house is on the same lot as the church. We had a great time there. George and Zach pow wowed about ministry ideas while I hung out with their youngest son, Daniel. Daniel is sixteen and very inquisitive. He asks so many questions, which I love. He speaks really good English and isn't shy. He brought out the family photo albums and we had fun looking at them.

Zach's wife, Redempta, and her daughters prepared lunch for us - spaghetti noodles, beef and potato dish, ugali, spinach, fruit and cake. It was delicious. The cake was baked by a woman at the church, Edita. I had a chance to talk with Edita for a bit and get to know her. She cooks at a little restaurant and we hope to visit her this week.

Our impromptu lunch and hang out time with Zach's family was really great. They are so hospitable and caring. It was an unexpected, fun way to spend a rainy, Sunday afternoon. When the rain slowed, we called a taxi and headed home for the evening.