My third day in Kenya was the Lord's Day.It was spent mostly at the church. They begin at 9.15 am singing the hymns for the day. (The hymns from Grace Hymns are sung unaccompanied, originally by necessity rather than choice but it works well despite the narrowed repertoire). All age Sunday School begins at 9.30. Keith has reached Chapter 28 of the 1689 Confession on the sacraments (like the 1689 itself, he prefers the word ordinances). People seemed a little slow to respond but it was fine. I preached then in the morning meeting led by Keith. They sang just one Swahili hymn, the others in English. The hymns are projected onto the wall. I preached on 1 John 1:7 and that went okay. We then had lunch together in the church. In the afternoon i spoke to the women's meeting. There was a new baby (Kala) and so first I gave a short message on Romans 12:15, 16 and then they presented gifts they'd bought to the mother for the baby. The evening meeting started at 4 pm with Keith preaching on Genesis 21. It's often a blessing to be with another congregation for the day, even more so one so far away from home yet clearly united with us in the things of God.
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