Sunday in Nairobi - Pam And Carol

We went to the early service at All Saints Church. It is the Cathedral Church of Kenya and seats 2000 people. This was a special service honoring the Mother's Union. The Mother's Union were all dressed in blue and sang a song for us. We left that service early to get to St. Francis Church where the order of the service was very similar to Church of the Cross. Madeline and Jake went to the Youth Service and the leader of the Youth Service had them stand up and introduce themselves, where they were from and what they were doing in Kenya.Everybody got up and introduced themselves. We sang one of our African songs, and Mwende's brother, Peter, accompanied us with his guitar. Unfortunately, there was a second verse which none of us knew which ended up being Peter's solo, and he quickly ended that verse and went back to the first. After the service, we had tea with the pastor. Then we went to a mall and ate at the food court. Some of us went SHOPPING. After the mall we went to the market which was completely different -- a very different experience. The women were given only an hour to shop. We were bombarded with people wanting to sell us their goods. It was very difficult to walk around because people were in your face. Everybody called us brother and sister when they wanted us to buy things, so we made many new "friends". Many bought scarves, wood carvings, paintings and jewelry. Later that evening we went to a Chapel Service at the Arch Bishops former home which has a small chapel attached to it which was built in the fifties. They meet for prayer and devotion every Sunday night to get ready for the next week.