Hi
This is my first real time blog entry (the others below are historical) so I will keep it brief - but thought you might be interested in how seriously the folk here take their religion. The occasion was the inauguration of my boss - Mr Tata - into the CMF - Christian Men's Fellowship.
The church service started at 9am - sharp for once - and continued until 2pm - that's five hours of prayers, songs , sermons , catching of souls for redemption - once again they missed me - a lot of church! I actually enjoyed most of it, as it is quite a spectacle and nothing like the rather dour Scottish services I vaguely remember! There are a number of choirs present, each of which has their own place in church, their own strictly observed, very colourful dress and their own style of singing - plus lots of audience participation.
After the service there was then an item on the agenda called "Item 11"" - which turned out to be slang for a bit of nosh and a drink! Excellent grub as usual, fed about 300 people in half an hour!
The rest of the day and the night was back at Tata's place, lots more to eat and drink - I bailed out about 7pm - the rest went on until about 4am apparently - and given most of the RIC staff were present- not a lot of work happened today!
The picture shows some of the old gods - who are still venerated alongside Christian gods.
Anyway, this is blogging, please feel free to comment - see the bottom of the page - just remember whatever you write is public! If you want to contact me privately then of course just use email as normal
ta ra
1 comment:
Coo! So this is blogging then? And that's a Sunday in Cameroon, then?! Hm..bit different from the whizz round Tesco,digging up the borage roots from the border (does anyone out there know how to eliminate the ghastly stuff?!), cleaning out the guinea pigs and drinking wine while watching Eastenders! (How you must miss all that!). Anyway, good to hear from you and look forward to reading more.
All the best
Jenny
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