Friday, June 8, 2012

We walked toward the outskirts of this village, and there found the Lutheran Church, where the Unity Committee was to  meet to pray and to set the course for this year's conference schedule.

Upon our arrival, we were saddened to learn that the former pastor of this Lutheran church (Pastor Gisamay, whom we met at our 2010 conference), had died early last year.  It is the custom here that when a beloved pastor dies, he is buried on the church grounds. We found his grave respectfully cared for and still bearing the tokens of love from the congregants, small packets of earth and plants, tied with ribbon, adorning his grave.