Since Alan is currently in Malawi, we are providing excerpts from his weekly report as soon as available in lieu of his normal articles we publish on Saturdays …
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Introduction. This week began by an opportunity to preach in a church in the capital city of Lilongwe. Although the building was large, there were no chairs on the concrete floor, so they spread out an old tarp and about 300 people were sitting on the floor. Usually they have a few chairs and they allow me to sit upright, but in this case, I was sitting on the floor with everyone else. Although they can sit for hours on the floor, I find my muscles beginning to cramp after about half an hour.
Like most of the congregations, they wanted to hear the lessons on life after death and the family. So they had me preach an hour, allow the people to stand and sing one song, then preach another hour. After I finished, they stood and sang a song and immediately sat back down on the floor for another hour and a half for the invitation and the Lord’s Supper. In all they sat for about four hours on the concrete floor without complaint or even discomfort while I had 1.5 hours and was very uncomfortable. . . .
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For more,
1) click on Malawi_2016_Report_5 (pdf) to display the full report
2) select the "more… > Malawi" menu item to see the report, associated pictures, and previous reports.
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Introduction. This week began by an opportunity to preach in a church in the capital city of Lilongwe. Although the building was large, there were no chairs on the concrete floor, so they spread out an old tarp and about 300 people were sitting on the floor. Usually they have a few chairs and they allow me to sit upright, but in this case, I was sitting on the floor with everyone else. Although they can sit for hours on the floor, I find my muscles beginning to cramp after about half an hour.
Like most of the congregations, they wanted to hear the lessons on life after death and the family. So they had me preach an hour, allow the people to stand and sing one song, then preach another hour. After I finished, they stood and sang a song and immediately sat back down on the floor for another hour and a half for the invitation and the Lord’s Supper. In all they sat for about four hours on the concrete floor without complaint or even discomfort while I had 1.5 hours and was very uncomfortable. . . .
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For more,
1) click on Malawi_2016_Report_5 (pdf) to display the full report
2) select the "more… > Malawi" menu item to see the report, associated pictures, and previous reports.