Day 5

This morning the group split into two groups and attended two different churches. One of the groups stayed at, and participated in, the service at solace. The second group - which was the majority of people - attended worship at pastor paul's living church.

The service at the living church was such a vibrant and charismatic expression of worship to God. The service contained singing, dancing, worshiping, praying, speaking and preaching. It was a truly awesome experience to see people worshipping God in such a joyous fashion! At the start of the service we were welcomed by Paul and the entire church. The people in the church were so welcoming and friendly it was amazing. We were not the only visitors to the church today, there were some Americans visiting along with another pastor from Rwanda. All were welcome in the church. One of the the strong messages from church was that we were all brothers and sisters in Christ. No matter colour, nationality or culture, we were all brothers and sisters in christ. It was an amazing church.

Phil was preach in the living church today, and he spoke of the need for us as a church to look, to see the needs of people, to talk to one another of Christ and to offer our right hands to help one another up.

After church today we traveled up to gakagati The facilities here aren't as nice as at solace, but in terms of Rwanda, they are very good. We must be thankful for what we have rather than expect more.

We finished the day today with a group of us joining the rwandans from the town in watching the world cup final on a big screen! It was an amazing experience to stand with the rwandans of the town and cheer on Spain to victory!