Praise and Worship

Nana, Mama, Anna arriving for services

Over the Exit at EBC

Worshiped today at the 8:30 AM service at Edenvale Baptist Church, Johannesburg, SA. An incredible time of praise and worship preceded a wonderful sermon on Hebrews, Chapter 11 by Paul Waldrip, a visiting pastor from Pennsylvania. The music was wonderful and the fellowship encouraging and uplifting. The rest of the day was spent planning for when the team arrives. Having a good time getting to fellowship with new Christian friends and discovering that just getting around in a foreign country can be daunting. I'm discovering that South Africa is a city of contradictions: everywhere there is freedom and everywhere there are gated walls with electrical wire/barbed wire toppers separating neighbor from neighbor and church from surrounding community. Every house is gated and even the church has a wired wall and gates around it, yet the open smiles and friendly countenance demonstrates the love of Christ to all who enter. South Africa is a German, Dutch, English, and multi-tribal culture. So many languages and so many cultural blends...No wonder Africa has had a struggle trying to define herself.