Who Came To Church Today?

This morning we attended the Tumba Church of the Nazarene.  Our friends, Pastors Kopi and Elis were away, preaching somewhere else.

So, who came to church?

 Judy Bennett, and volunteer doctor Jennifer Jung, among others.

 This nice dog.  Two other dogs came to church, but they didn't stay in their pew, and didn't pay attention to the service, but roamed around and left early.

 One of the church members who preached (I suspect for the first time--she seemed pretty nervous) in the place of Pastor Elis or Pastor Kopi.  The sermon ran about 5 minutes, and was entirely in the local tribal language, which we don't understand.

 These cute little girls who weren't afraid of Dr. Jeniffer like they usually would have been of new people.

 A boy wearing a shirt with this great graphic, and the name of our new province, "Jiwaka".

 Michael Kopi and his guitar.

 This cute little girl and her big cousin.

 This cute little girl, and a nice old grandpa.

 This not-so-young new mama, and her newly-adopted baby.

These little boys.

I trust that each of you will find a place to worship this Lord's day.  It may be a fancier building, or no building at all.  You may worship wearing fine clothes, or simple clothes.  You may find that you dog isn't really welcome.  There may be preaching in a language you understand, or one that you don't (although it's good to understand).  The sermon may be long or short (although I like short ones when I can't understand the language).  The preacher may be experienced and confident, or new to the pulpit and scared stiff.  But if you come prepared to hear God's word (preached, communicated through songs or testimony, or direct to your heart), and to give worship to Him, you will know that you've been to church.

AB