A Typical Day

Every day was different and each church we went to had different things they wanted us to do, but I will give you an idea of what a day was like on outreach. The mornings started off with prayer at 6 or 7. We would meet as our group together to spend time in worship and then in prayer. (We would usually stay together, but where we would stay varied from week to week. Sometimes we would stay in the pastor’s house, a member’s house, the church, or a school.) After that was usually breakfast, not always, but most of the days we received breakfast. On a good day this would consist of chai and bread. The most bizarre meal I was served for breakfast was chai, moldy bread, beans, and old spaghetti noodles. But hey, you eat what you get. Haha After breakfast we would meet once again for a time of Praise and Worship. Then, our day really began. We would have door to door ministry from about 10 until 12 or sometimes even 1. We would later return to have lunch. This meal would range anywhere from rice and beans, or ugali with cabbage to a single sweet potato, or even nothing. Then we would have down time where we could rest and sort of explore the location of where we were that week. Sometimes, we would have work duty during this time. This would be something like slashing, cleaning, or hoeing. Later that evening we would hold either a seminar, which is a teaching for the church, or an outdoor open-air crusade, which was preaching the gospel to anyone that would stop and listen to our service. At both of these events we would be in charge of the praise and worship, skits, and of course the preaching. I was privileged to be the teacher at one of the seminars. What a thrilling experience! After that we would return to our place for the week to eat dinner. This meal was similar to lunch.  Actually, we had this meal very late during the day. Once, we had good ‘ole plain pilau (I am attempting the spelling), which is I guess there version of something like dirty rice, at 11:30 pm. It’s funny because my friends and I had already gone to bed when one of our leaders came in the room to wake us up and tell us that dinner was ready. J Ahhh, T.I.A, This Is Africa.

So, that was a typical day on outreach. Each day varied, but each day was definitely full of surprises. Haha Literally, everyday had its own adventure… Some examples: a bat in our mosquito net, being chased by drunks, swimming in Lake Victoria, casting out a demon, or driving over a rickety dangerous bridge. So many memories.