Is God at Work in Africa? part 4

Our first Sunday in Togo was Easter Sunday, it was a treat to visit this Church on top of the mountain that stands behind our house here in Tsiko, Togo. The ride up the mountain though rough at times was beautiful we had great views of Togo and saw beautiful waterfalls. As you can see from the structure that we are climbing up to it is not much of a building. The main structure of the building is a pole building made of teak poles with a steel roof. The walls are merely stalks of bamboo that are split tied to more pieces and assembled into panels. The panels are then tied to the pole structure to keep out most of the weather. Not a very secure building but it serves its purpose.

The banner at the front of the church reads ...Prepare to meet your God! Amos 4:12. It is the Church verse and the church goal, to be prepared to meet the God if Israel! It is written in French so if you can read French you may be able to make it out. In the image below you see the churches pastor leading a Sunday School class.

The worship team leading us in a few praise choruses, in French so I was lost but still a great time of prayer and praise. Though the music is very basic, I miss it!

Here are the children having an Easter Sunday in the beauty of God's creation. One of my favorite parts of being here is that I felt close to nature and not confined in some concrete or steel box.

It was a special service and the church was celebrating the scriptures and songs that the children had memorized. All of the kids that you see in the below image were reciting scriptures that they had memorized. The pastor asked our girls to participate so they were able to recite some of their favorite scriptures. All of the children were rewarded for their participation with candy.

I couldn't resist this photo!

God is at work in Africa this is just one of many churches that we attended where we saw the African people singing, praying, reading the scriptures and praising God.

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