Church at Tenwek

 

Church was great this morning! Services are held in a meeting room right on the hospital campus. There are about 150-200 people there weekly. About 5-10% are American. Many work at the hospital, are residents, nurses, or even patients wander in wearing their hospital gown! The Western influence is evident in the way the service is structured and the songs that are sung. The services are in English, and we even sing and do responsive readings from an old hymnal in addition to the contemporary praise and worship.

Eric McLaughlin led worship from the piano this morning and Logan played acoustic guitar and helped out on the vocals. They first sang a song in Swahili, mainly led by a Kenyan who also plays the guitar. By the way, his young son goes up on stage every week and "plays" this little plastic toy phone that has a strap attached to it like a guitar. Adorable. He never cracks a smile, or even sings, but buddy he strums that toy phone like he was a rockstar!

I loved seeing Logan leading worship today. The guys introduced a new song for this congregation, "Mighty to Save" by Hillsong.

Savior, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save,
He is mighty to save

Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conquered the grave!

We have sung it a million times at James River, so it was a welcomed taste of home. Logan did an awesome job playing it as well. He's pretty much the best looking guitar player I know of!

We also took communion this morning. A first since we have been here. It was great to pause and remember the Cross and how our Savior conquered the grave. (Not to mention it was interesting trying to take communion with a one year old on my lap!)

Soon Logan will start playing for the Sunday night youth services, and I will help out in the kids Sunday School class. We are looking forward to the opportunity to get more involved in our local church while we are serving here.