Do It Their Way

The longer that we're in Africa, the more we see how many things are just different here, and it's OK. We have to make sure that the purity of the gospel and the church is kept, but we don't have to do many little things in the way that they're done in other places.

People here are looking for happiness and truth, just like people are at home. They embrace the gospel and become gospel scholars. But sometimes we try to make the CHURCH in Africa into the CHURCH in America and that's something that doesn't always work out well, no matter how good the idea seems. He's a great example. Throughout the parts of Africa where we've been the plastic chair is king in all circumstances. It's used widely and serves well, although it's not just the look we're used to.

So, this is what we recently found in one of the church buildings. Somebody thought that the American folding chair was what they needed here in the Congo.

Enough said!