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A Kenyan Thanksgiving

Last night Daraja shared a Thanksgiving meal with host homes at FBC Greenwood! The choir spent the afternoon at the church preparing a full Kenyan spread for the dinner: rice, kale, stew, chapati, and chi tea!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Toccoa Falls and Soccer Balls

Daraja got to be college students for a day at Toccoa Falls College on Monday! First, the choir practiced and played soccer with several of the TFC soccer athletes. Then, Daraja got to eat lunch in the dining hall with all of the other students. Daraja finished their day on the TFC campus by hiking up to the beautiful Toccoa Falls!

Sweet Home Alabama

This week Daraja called Alabama its home, first in Birmingham at Asbury UMC, and then in Decatur at First Bible Church! Here are a few shots from our time in Decatur!

Hibachi!!

Tuesday night was hibachi night for Daraja this week!

What we learned:
1) Fire is cool!
2) Catching a shrimp in your mouth is harder than it looks.
3) Sticking a chopstick in napkin makes a great makeshift chef’s hat.

One for the Ages

Perhaps you’ve read James 1:27, in which God urges us to look after orphans and widows, but have you ever heard of orphans looking after widows? Yesterday, Daraja led worship at an assisted living home here in Birmingham, Alabama. By leading worship, these 23 orphaned and vulnerable children from Kenya looked after everyone living in the home, most of whom were widows and widowers.

It was an incredible time and so neat to watch kids from Kenya connect with senior citizens in Alabama! They have radically different backgrounds and come from different generations (different centuries even!). But you know, it’s neat- sometimes the person that appears most unlike you ends up being one of the people you can connect with the most.

Singing and Signing

Sunday morning services at Baptist Home Church include a deaf ministry, interpreting services for the deaf in the community. During Daraja’s stay at BHC in Wilkesboro, North Carolina last week, the choir got to hang out with one of the translators! Check it out:

Cooking With Daraja

Daraja teaches you how to make chapati!

Skate Night

On Tuesday night Daraja went skating! It was the choir’s first time on skates, but it didn’t take long before everyone caught on! Check out some of the pics:

Concert Catchup

Daraja has been in North Carolina for a whole week now and has had some awesome concerts! Most recently, Daraja led worship at St. Mark’s Church in Burlington, and then this past Saturday and Sunday at Baptist Home Church in North Wilkesboro!