A wonderful day…

Sunday was a wonderful day, I broke my rice & beans fast with a cup of yogurt and cottage cheese mix… 200 calories, which was almost 40% of what I had been eating daily for a week. Worship was wonderful. It felt right to break the fast on the Lord’s day…

I took a cue from church history. Let me explain. The church season of Lent is a 40-day period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (the day before Easter). But if you were to count the days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday it would equal 46? No I didn’t count incorrectly. The church said that Sunday’s shouldn’t count since every Sunday is a celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, Christ’s followers should not fast but celebrate. Anyway, it was because of this tradition that I thought we, as a church, should break our fast on Sunday. And at least for me, it turned out to be a wonderful decision.

I loved hearing other peoples stories as we shared experiences during and after worship.

The week of rice and beans had two aspects. There was the personal sacrifice, which I wrote about all week. And then there was a special offering. I asked people to eat rice and beans and to donate in a special offering what they would have spent on food to help build a sustainable greenhouse in Jos, Nigeria. I can’t wait to see how much we raised. Each greenhouse costs $7,000, I hope to raise $10,000 to build one greenhouse and the supply other needs for the care centers in Jos. The special offering is open through Sunday Nov. 29, so I’ll report the offering after that date… pray with me that we can build at least one greenhouse.

These greenhouses are incredible… if you have 5-minutes check out the YouTube on the gonigeria website, click here, you will be inspired.