Christmas 2009

 

At our Community Center we held a Christmas Eve service at 4:00 pm.  There was much singing.  Kimberly did a flannel graph story, and Pastor Zulu preached.  Paul, our 12 year old, sang "O Holy Night." 

 

But the most amazing thing about our worship was the folks that came.  There were over 150 crammed into the meeting room, over 100 were children from age 2 and up.  Although the service started at 4:00, for the next hour, more and more folks kept coming, mostly the children.  They were from the neighboring villages and came with younger siblings strapped on their backs, little wide-eyed ones, and teenage boys and girls.  They filled every chair, and a large group was sitting on the rug in the center of the room. Some had light colored hair that can be a sign of malnutrition.  Several came with dirty faces and tattered clothes.  But it was a joyful time and Pastor Zulu was so engaging and the children responded.  As I looked out over the many, many young faces, I was reminded of the words of Jesus, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few."