Today, Pastor Gary Langness, from Bega Kwa Bega, was preaching so the sermon was in English with translation into Swahili. A group from St Mark's, Kihesa's partner congregation, are also visiting so there are more wazungu (white people) in the audience than usual. They have electric guitars and keyboard at Kihesa with big amplifiers so it is a lively service and their choir dances to the music:
They also had a child reenactment of the Easter Story:
At the end of the service, one choir sings inside and another outside as everyone files out of the Church and reassembles outside:
After the final Benediction, the service is over. Sometimes they have an auction here of items that are donated in the offering but not today:
was the young man next to sue in the picture Bariki? It sure looks a lot like him.
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Yes, that is Bariki and his brother is the pastor at Kihesa Church. Bariki was in Iringa for most of March between his practice teaching down south and returning to school up by Dodoma. We had him to our house for dinner a couple times and served him hamburgers, curry, and hot dogs for lunch. He tried some american food.
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