When writing about church yesterday, I failed to mention one of the most amusing aspects of the service. During the offering, we all filed to the front to drop our offering into two baskets set in front of the alter. If one did not have any shillings to give, they would place what they did have on the floor........some cabbages, a bag of fruit, a liter of milk or a LIVE chicken. These would then be auctioned off to the congregation, and the money earned from the auction placed in the baskets. Someone in the congregation "bought" the milk and bag of fruit for us, "the visitors". Such generosity! Sometime later in the service, the live chicken escaped its bag, and there was some commotion trying to catch it and get it back into the bag.
Last evening, Rose's daughter Hildah arrived home. She's been working in the desert among the Muslim population, trying to convince the people to let the girls be educated. Most of the young girls are promised in marriage as young as 6 yr old, and are never educated. The cows among this population are what are valued, but now the cows are dying because of the 3 yr drought, so they are trying to teach them that their daughters are more valuable than cows, and deserve an education so their life can be better. Such a concept!
Thanks for all your kind thoughts and prayers, and emails. We love hearing from home.
Big hug,
Kitty
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