Africa Catch Up - Closing Rally!

On Sunday, we went to Pastor Wernich's church and heard Songe preach.  Songe did such a great job - he spoke on forgiveness.  He shared some of the experiences he has had on forgiving people and told stories of seeing the aftermath of genocides that were in Rwanda - wow - so sad to hear the stories of suffering.  I loved hearing him speak!  It was also nice to know the songs they sang in the church.  The church prayed over us - such sweet people.  After church, they had a snacks prepared for us, so we got to taste some authentic SA food.

Pastor Wernich, Mrs. Beulah and Joey

We had the closing rally that afternoon.  Joey shared his testimony and Stephen Lungu preached.  There were 30 decisions.  We then had a warp up with all of the AE folks - they were a great team to work with.

Cathi, the Mission Africa Administrative Assistant

Rojo and Jomo

Scott and Roy from AE

Mboani, an evangelist from AE

Ronelle from AE

Joey and Stephen Lungu

the SDEA and AE Teams

After the rally we went to Alicia's house and had a poikey (I am butchering the spelling) - basically its chicken and vegetables.  It was really good.  We all had a great time sitting around, telling embarrassing stories and laughing.  As I was sitting there - I was just taking it all in - it is my last real night with everyone.  Bittersweet.

Alicia getting the veggies ready

the guys looking at Lenning's toy/tool

telling stories and enjoying one of the final nights in Africa

the poikey - it was so good