Filled with His Goodness, Lost in His Love

On Sunday, we attended church at Capital City Baptist Church (CCBC). 

We had a time of worship and praise where the 3 songs were in English. Pastor Henry spoke on 1 Peter 2:9. His main theme to the service was that everyone was to be a priest. Also, he talked about 4 changes that would occur if we rediscover God Holy Spirit. 

- Life ministry would shift from simple life ethical standards to an experience of an in dwelling Christ.

- The church would shift from an institution of passing on historical facts to becoming the body of Christ 

- Worship would shift from a performance to people's hearts being encouraged giving honor and reverence to His name. 

- We will stop giving the devil glory by talking and spreading the word what he has done. Which was really eye opening, because I have never really thought about it that way, gossip as the devil's glory. It really puts things in a new perspective. 

To tie it all in, he used a visual prop. He talked about how we as christians have the right tools as God gives it to us. All week long, Satan tries to break our backs. Then on Sunday, we come to church smiling. As soon as we leave, the devil is beating us again. Even though we have the tools to defend ourselves against him, we can't because we aren't plug into the power source, God. He demonstrated this by using a power saw. 

After church, we said good bye to Scott and Brandon, as they were leaving for the airport. They were sad to leave and I am sure they left a piece of them, here in Malawi. The rest of the team went to Pastor Henry and Deborah's house for lunch. While lunch was being prepared, Will, Stephanie and Mary attempted to put together the play house that was donated for their 5 year old daughter.

The lady whom made it wanted to donate it to Adziwa, but after being there and seeing how things works and how many kids there were, we knew that wouldn't be possible. As a team, we decided she would be the best candidate for it. Now, we weren't sure what we were doing as Scott had watched it put together in Franklin, and he just left for the airport. We tried following the numbers but that didn't work. After about 45 minutes, we tried to use logical. We made it further than before, but it was still not quite right. We broke for lunch. We enjoyed fellowship and the americanized meal of spaghetti, salad and bread. For dessert, Deborah made carrot cake. After lunch, we returned to our play house construction. We made it happen as best as we could. She loved it and that's all that matter.

Later in the day, T.K., came to our lodge to pick us up. We would follow him to his house for coffee and appetizers before going out to dinner. We got to meet his wife, Florence, and their children. I cannot spell their names, but their names mean, Jesus Reigns, Jesus is King, Jesus is Good and Jesus is enough (the last one may not be exactly right). WIll and Tucker thoroughly enjoyed this time, as they devoured the bowl of fritos.

While there, we experienced another blackout. If I haven't mentioned earlier, they frequently have blackouts for 2-3 hours at a time to help conserve electricity. It's broken out in sectors and the sectors at least experience this 2 times a week (except the area we stay in as a lot of diplomats live in this sector). After our appetizers, we drove to dinner, T.K. and his wife, Florence, joined us. We ate at a quaint italian restaurant, Al Fresco, managed by a friend.  We dined on pizza and had great conversation. Of course, we ended the night with some cards. 

We are sad that this is our last week and that we have only 3 more days. We pray that God makes this time memorable and that we can witness all His wonderful glory.