The Eucharist service last night was really something—we loved listening to the singing! We all sang some hymns but the students (high school age) had many more songs prepared and could sing some amazing harmony. At the end of the service, our class presented them with the first 10 of 180 hymnals that St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Waverly is sending to them to replace their very, very old and tattered hymnals from the 1950s.

Today was our first day of Swahili class. We are split up into small groups, 3-4 of us with a teacher, and the morning flew by. We are still learning basic greetings and phrases but also starting to learn more of the language structure. Pretty exciting! We’ll be back in class shortly for the afternoon.