"For as the soil makes the spout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise spring up from all nations." Isaiah 61:11

For Sunday worship, we drove not far from the ABC campus where we were staying.  We arrived at Church of Central Africa Presbyterian fairly early.  "Africa time" did not deter us on this day... we made sure we were there on time, for this was a big day for Ryan (blog post to come soon about that)!  What an awesome experience to be able to worship God together... two different cultures, two different color skins, two different languages but ONE GOD!!!!!  The sights and sounds of this church were not of the sights and sounds of our church back home.  CCAP was open air, was filled to the brim with people- men on one side, women on the other side, children on the floor for most of the service, voices ringing so loud it could have been heard for miles, electric guitar(!), chickens and goats were offered for tithes, a fundraiser spectacle (blog post to come next) and we learned that some of their congregation walked for hours to get there.  Walked, for hours.

Coming home I felt that there is so much here we take for granted.  We are blessed, yes, but we use our blessings as creature comforts for ourselves.  We spend our money (God's money) on big huge gas guzzlers with brand names, huge houses, more clothes than we need and fast food that is horrible for our health.  We spend our money (God's money) on vacations and "toys" for ourselves.  Would we walk to church, for hours, just to hear the gospel?  Would we walk for hours to worship God and sing praises to Him?   I'm guessing for most of us here, the answer would be no.