Greetings From Buntungwa
On Sunday, 1 June, Patrick spoke at a new church in
Buntungwa, a village on the outskirts of Luanshya.
The young believers there
have built a mud-brick building during the rainy
season. We had helped them with 48 metres (143 feet) of
plastic to cover the roof and protect them from the
rain. When the rains were completed, the church
gathered grass to make a thatched roof for their
building. Patrick preached in Swahili and then
the message was translated into Bemba by his helper,
Albert Katandula.
Since it is a new church, everybody
brought his or her own chair on which to sit.
There were 58 people in attendance.
These chairs included empty paint tins, plastic jeri
cans and other assorted blocks of wood on which they
could sit and keep themselves off of the soil. One lady
brought a reed mat and spread it on the floor. There
were about 20 children on that mat. Patrick will be
taking some lumber to the church so they can build some
benches so that the people will have a more comfortable
place to sit.
