Hello,
Last Sunday I made a small effort to integrate ... I went to worship! This happens in a large building with a corrugated iron roof. Inside there are between 400 and 500 people, an orchestra, a monster sound system, a choir and two pastors. Shortly after the start they invite newcomers to get up and come to the place reserved for them all before. Matthew and I will travel and learn that we have the right to a personal speech at the end about how their church. Then begins a passionate preaching of 1:30. It is a mixture of drama, a Rolling Stones concert, a one-man comedy show and a speech by Hitler. It's pretty special, high decibel and aggression and I say it is not possible that he does not believe everything he says with a such conviction. I then assumed that here, as the Congolese are very demonstrative and outgoing, giving more importance to form than substance, with the fervor that message, how they work, even if it is only the wind. I do not know if this is correct but at least it helps me understand many things.
yal'offrande Then they repeated that what was given is returned many times over but do not say what the money will be used. After a first pass (which I give nothing of course), they we announce that since this is a special day there will be ... and yes a second pass! Then there is the holy scene, after a brief discussion I decided to take it, this move seems strangely familiar here where everything is so different.
In the end, after 3 hours, it ends and we escape personal discourse.
Last week we went to Bible camp, and yes we go again! Matthew and I are busy jogging at 7am in the morning and afternoon games, it's the only activities to which they were qualified. Otherwise it was prayer, meditation, message from pastor, prayer, exhortation, deepening, Bible, etc ... In the end it was getting really heavy, oppressive limits. The pastor asked me to pray for my salvation as I remained quite remote and it gave us the opportunity to share our different points of views. It was a nice open and respectful discussion. It is true that since I'm here I must position myself toward the religion and do not worry I have my opinion much to me. I understand and respect their beliefs, for cons I have more trouble with the beliefs of expatriates sometimes I wonder what they are doing here.
Otherwise it was a week where I could really get to know many children and share their daily lives. Now I know why I'm here and what I do.
Yeah recent times was a bit loaded, my term objectives, the launch of my projects and Bible camp, but then it gets better. Amazing how time flies, almost two months that I'm here, I have discovered many things and there's still so much to see and do.
I think well of you and salute you.
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