Sunday
We were up early on Sunday morning and driven Ventersdorp/Tshing in four cars at varying speeds.
The service lasted 3.5 hours with a whole hour dedicated to the collection it was a truly amazing and uplifting experience of dancing, praying and singing. During the service three languages were spoken, Setswana, Afrikaans and English. The service included people of all ages including a little girl of about 7 who read the first lesson. The service was “high church” but it was very informal with many choirs who were sometimes competing for the floor.
We were then enlightened by the “family day” which followed the service which involved many happy family and friendship groups who were barbequing (known as a ‘Braii’), eating, drinking and partying well into the evening. After enjoying a Braii cooked for us by members of the Cathedral congregation, we left with our host families and returned home after a great day!
The service lasted 3.5 hours with a whole hour dedicated to the collection it was a truly amazing and uplifting experience of dancing, praying and singing. During the service three languages were spoken, Setswana, Afrikaans and English. The service included people of all ages including a little girl of about 7 who read the first lesson. The service was “high church” but it was very informal with many choirs who were sometimes competing for the floor.
After a few concerns about what we should wear to the service and expectations of a highly formal dress code we in fact all wore our Visit T-shirts and were warmly welcomed.
We were then enlightened by the “family day” which followed the service which involved many happy family and friendship groups who were barbequing (known as a ‘Braii’), eating, drinking and partying well into the evening. After enjoying a Braii cooked for us by members of the Cathedral congregation, we left with our host families and returned home after a great day!
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