Worship Day

Sund@y in the Samogho village was filled with favorites! After a morning of greeting throughout the village and checking on the little boy who had been burned, we gather for a time of w0rship. We sang a ton of songs...well i don't know if songs weigh anything, but we sang and sang and sang. It was fun! Ann even found herself reading Bambara, singing and keeping up with the tune of the songs. It is always fun to recognize the tune and realize it is one of your favorite hymns. Now you are singing it in another language! Kind how heaven will be, I imagine.

After our praise session, we told favorite stories. The missionary told the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the Fiery Furnace...she didn't just tell it to the children...she had them act it out! She made the school teacher the King and had 3 young boys bow at his feet. Then she told how 3 young men refused to bow down to the King, and they were thrown into a fiery furnace. She wrapped her arms around them and covered them to show how God protected them and how the King saw 4 men in the furnace. It was a favorite moment in the day to see the faces of those young boys and even the school teacher understand the power and protection of our Father for those who choose to follow Him. We continued with Jak's favorite story about J.s.s telling his followers to throw their nets out over the other side of the boat after they had fished all night and caught nothing. Jak's thoughts about that were simply this, "We have to always be ready to obey God. When we are tired and just don't see the benefits, we just continue to do what He said and He will bless us."
Ann's favorite story was next. She told of the Beattitudes and Jak read it from the Bambara B.ble. We focused on the last part where J.s.s tells how Father blesses you when people mock and persecute you. It was an important Word for the teacher who came to w0rship with us.
Fanta's favorite story for the day was the temptations of J.s.s. During that time in the wilderness, J.s.s was tempted but each time He was able to fight those temptations and be victorious because He knew what His Father had said. He could use the Father's Word to fight.
Which one is your favorite? Have you read these stories lately? Read them and see what Father has to say to you!