On Sunday morning we divided into two teams--Gary preached in one church, and I preached in the other. Our assignment was at the Glad Tidings Fellowship Church. James looks good even in Zimbabwe!
The service lasted about 3 1/2 hours. We sang for about an hour and then went into what they called their "praise and worship" time. There were about 250 people present with five cars in the parking lot (two of those were ours). They walk to church every Sunday. The worship was full of energy. One of the things that touched me was that when it came time for the offering, the people, even in their desperate economic times, flooded the aisles to bring their offerings to the front where they placed them in one of two baskets. When we got back into the van to leave, one of the leaders gave some cash through the window. They had taken up a second offering, but I was unaware that they were receiving a love offering for me. Are you ready for this? I counted it myself--$126,000,000. Literally. Talk about financial freedom. Then I was informed that it amounted to about $15 American money. Seriously though--how humbling. No--I didn't keep it. I gave it to the Campus Crusade host for their ministry.
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