Continuing Our Journey Through Africa
Follow the blog entries of Church of God missionary couple, Glenn and Susan Anniskette.
When we arrived at the Railway Technical Institute, we were greeted by some students dressed with little sashes that said, “usher.” They wouldn’t let us carry anything. I felt like royalty! They led us to a little bitty room and gave us hot tea and bread. Their tea is made with hot milk and they offer raw sugar to add to it. It’s great! They call it masala tea. We sat there a while and visited, then prayed and walked to the sanctuary. It was big room with high ceilings and it echoed. Nearly all the windows were open and a nice breeze kept it cool inside. There were many students on the stage singing. They were dressed in black and white. There was a keyboard or two and a sound system. They really like it LOUD over here.
In our first service, I sang “Nothing but the blood of Jesus,” and Glen preached. They knew the old hymn and sang it with me. He asked me to play for the altar call. We had a good altar call and then they sang and sang and talked and talked. We finally went to a nice dining hall that had big maroon velvet covered chairs like you’d see on an American church stage and ate some wonderful food.
We waited outside in the sun on a bench for the next service to begin. We are close to the equator and the sun is HOT! The malaria pills we have to take also make our skin extra sensitive to the sun. After two days of not laying down to sleep we were the next notch up from being exhausted.
After supper we were taken back to the Catholic Compound where we gladly fell into the hard little beds with mosquito nets on them. I’m grateful that it was cool without having to open the widows. We were told that there is no more malaria in Nairobi, but Bishop Pamba said there was. We slept!
