Last Thursday we arrived in Musul, where we will be ministering for the next two weeks. We are far out in the bush, the closest town is 50 km away over bumpy dirt roads. We are tenting in a small village with 7 houses, there are no showers, we walk everywhere we go, and we have a nice squatty potty. Elephants, zebras, and antelope are common here. It is exactly what I was hoping for. The leader of this village is named Joseph, he is an elder in AIC Musul, the local Church that we are associated with. Almost all of the people in the community are of the Masai tribe. We have found that the Masai are a very friendly people and are excellent hosts who love visitors. It seems all you need to befriend them is to remember their names and greet them with “suppa (?)” which is Masai for hello.
On Sunday we went to our local church, AIC Musul, and it was very interesting. Their average church attendance is 30 people, so we added almost another half to the service. Like us they have a sermon, sing songs, take an offering, and even have an altar call. Their singing, though, is much more involved. For several songs they got up and started a conga line around the church. For others they all went to the front and started dancing in a circle. It was very cool to see how different cultures worship the same God.
On Monday we started doing our ministry. Our ministry here consists of walking to different families and either encourage them in their faith or share the gospel with them. Today three people accepted Christ! It was amazing to see God working so powerfully and so quickly. We also prayed for and encouraged two families who already knew Christ, and they were very happy and glad for the encouragement. We will return to each family in around 2 days to talk with them more.
Also we saw an elephant on Sunday! Africa is awesome!
