A calm week and wedding plans

We had a fairly calm week last week and for that I am thankful. After some expensive car repairs in Nairobi, I was glad for a restful week.

We had a full house this week in the church services. There were many familiar faces and a few visitors. I made plans to visit with a man named Wilson this week. We had good messages as well. I taught on the temptation of Christ and Greg preached about “the Promised Deliverer”.

After the service Sunday morning the people just hung around for a while. Some were just fellow-shipping while others were discussing the wedding that is coming up. I would be grateful if you would remember to pray for me as I conduct my first ever wedding. Mose and Elena will be getting married on Dec 28 this year. I have had the privilege of baptizing both of them this year, now I have to marry them.

Weddings are very expensive and usually way beyond the means of the couple getting married. Therefore the groom spends a lot of time asking people for help (i.e. donations). In fact, Mose asked me to buy the wedding gown for his bride. I agreed so he went to the seamstress and picked out the cloth, jewelry, head dressing and shoes and then told me how much it would cost. He then asked if I could help pay for his clothes, the wedding rings and the cake. I told him I would help with the cake but that he needed to get his own clothes and rings. He wasn’t being greedy; he is just totally unprepared to pay for anything. Can you imagine?

The men in the church wanted to give the couple a gift from the church. They decided that they would take up a special offering and buy 2 cases of Coke soft drinks. Whenever there is a big celebration it is just about mandatory to serve sodas to the guests.

This week I will spend some time with Mose and Elena discussing the wedding process and giving some marriage advice from the Bible.

Please pray:
The wedding and my Swahili.
Our Christmas Day service