First Sunday!

Our first Sunday had finally come, and we went to the church where our contacts go, and the entire, up till now, DRIME team. The whole service was in French and Fong (both their main languages here). I’m still trying to get used to the French here, I find it hard most times to understand, but I can usually get the gist of the conversation. It was really cool hearing a sermon in French, I didn’t catch all of it, but many parts I could get. The worship was awesome, everyone doing their own thing, dancing away, it was really fun! I’m definitely going to enjoy that! Everyone was super nice too, and were super impressed that I can speak French, even though our different French styles clash, I’ll learn to communicate better! Haha.

After the service, we met with all of the DRIME team there, and were shocked, there were so many more than we had thought there were, I think that there was 5 new members than when the DRIME team came to Benin in May. So that is definitely a bonus, having people super interested in drama. We got to sit down, talk a little about ourselves, let them talk about themselves, and meet each other, it was super cool. We also got to kind of share the kind of skeleton of what being a part of this DRIME ministry is going to involve. Doing that just made sure that they would want to be a part of DRIME, because so far, they have just been practicing. So we basically are stepping in to help them because a self-sustaining DRIME base, which includes regular practices, local city ministry, missions trips, hosting workshops, etc. They all seemed super excited so that was an encouragement! This first while, we are basically going to try just to observe their practices, and try to spot potential leaders, that we can train to become the Base leaders. We already have our first meeting with the 2 already temporary leaders on Tuesday, and on Sunday, the whole team will meet. We are so excited that this is already happening so quickly! Praise God!

OH YA! Another insanely cool thing is the lizards! Lizards are everywhere! When we were meeting with the DRIME team, they were just scurrying around everywhere, on walls, they are so cool! I actually saw one right outside my window on the wall next to our house, while I was showering! It was so incredible!

That night we had finally gotten everything in the kitchen working, so we finally were able to eat a real meal, which was DELICIOUS! Yay for food! Haha.