One of my favourite times of the week is Thursday at 4pm when I go to the InReach group at ECWA Bishara 2 church. Joshua, the junior pastor, attended the first InReach sessions for ECWA pastors and since then has been a great supporter. He lets us use his church and has put together lively and thoughtful groups for subsequent Inreach meetings. These meetings have added excitement as the church where we meet is still very much under construction.
Previously we've given thanks that even in the rainy season we've never got wet. Yesterday we were thankful that we didn't have huge metal roof supports dropping on our heads. In the UK no one would be allowed near the building, all the workers would have hard hats and the scaffolding wouldn't be made of wood. In Nigeria it's perfectly acceptable to hold meetings on the first floor whilst large pieces of metal are being manoeuvred above (there was another floor in between). The whole breezeblock-built building did shake a few times but only one girder can crashing down near us.
It was an eventful session. Not only was there the excitement of the roof but the Boys Brigade were having a marching practice on the football pitch by the church. You can't march alone so soon they (and we) were accompanied by a marching band - those trumpets and drums that I appriciate so much some Saturday mornings between 5am and 6am at TCNN but in far greater numbers.
Despite all these distractions we had a great discussion though we might have to show the dvd again next week when people can hear it.
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