Today, we visited a Zambian church by the name of Mochipapa. (Moe-chee-pa-pa) The pastor's name is Imeson, however, we can not pronounce the last name and everyone keeps forgetting it! The church was wonderful! We left the compound at 9:00 AM and came back at 12:30 PM. This church service happened to be a short one, believe it or not. The usuall duration of a church service is 3-4 hours. The first hour was a bible study, which was followed by a half hour of praise and worship. Oh my goodness!....Can they sing! :) It was one of the most beautiful sounds that I have ever heard. When they sang as a congregation it was incredible how much volume there was. After the praise and worship the church prayed outload together. Even the small children prayes aloud. It was overwhelming to know that God heard each and every prayer in that room. A woman from Germany, who was working at an orphanage in Choma, preached the message for the day. It was really neat to hear her extremely German accent.
At the end of the church service the congregation is dismissed and they leave the church to form a line outside. Pastor Imeson led the congregation out and we followed. As we went throught the line we greated every single member of the church body by shaking their hand and lowering our heads to show respect to the elderly and the men. It was wonderful to be able to greet the entire church body and see everyone's face.
Blessings,
~Alivia
These are some pictures of the long plane ride over the Atlantic and the bus that we crowded into to ride to Choma!
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