Sunday, Oct. 12, we were able to go to the Evangelical Bible Church we attended while we lived in Swaziland.  It was such a blessing to be able to worship with our local friends.  It was wonderful to hear their singing and listen to their testimonies.  Since the pastor was sick, they had a pastor from the Congo speak.  He gave a very good sermon, but I was surprised at how hard I had to work to understand him.  We had attended Sunday School at a different church that morning and the teacher was also from the Congo.  I had to work to understand her as well.  I was afraid that I had lost my ear for hearing foreign English accents, but was glad to discover I was not the only one who had to concentrate to hear.

We were very happy to see some friends from long ago, Bruce and Carol Britton, and hear of their work in Swaziland.  They are now teaching an extensoin Bible School for the Zionist group.  The Zionists here are divided into several groups. There are the White Gown Zionests, who wear whitegowns. They do not participate in witchcraft.  There are the Red gown Zionists who practice witchcraft along with a little Bible.  In between are the blue and green gowned Zionists.  Bruce and Carol Britton hold classes on Saturday afternoon to teach the leaders of these people the Bible. They meet for 4 hours. They have 119 Zionists who attend these classes. Three of these people are the Red Gown Zionists, who are hearing the Truth and learning how to teach the Truth to their people.  In Swaziland the Red Gowns are increasing in popularity.  These are the ones who practice witchcraft.  Pray for Bruce and Carol as they minister to these people. Also pray for them as they are far away from their family. Their daughter is struggling with cancer and the prognosis not good.

We has a wonderful time worshiping with our dear friends at church.They had a nice tea after church and time to catch up on the families we had not seen for so long.

I had been having some trouble with my back since arriving in Swaziland.  I think it was mainly from the long trip in a cramped airplane seat, but I just couldn’t get rid of the pain.  I finally decided to stop by the Chemist and see if they would give me a muscle relaxant.  We stopped after church and they did have some relaxants. I took them for several days and my back is feeling much better.  I went back and got some more for my trip home.

I hope to write more and get caught up on our busy week later.

Miss you all!