Our field trip today was worshiping with the Kwathema Seventh-day Adventist Church, about a half hour from Johannesburg. Kwathema is one of the so-called townships that were set up in apartheid times to isolate the African people from the whites. (The one most people have heard of is Suweto.) Many became crime-ridden cesspools, though some are now thriving. While many black South Africans live in small homes in neat neighborhoods, a common sight along the road are shanty towns, put up by the poorest of the poor, often refugees from even poorer parts of Africa, like Zimbabwe.
The church is certainly thriving. This church was led by young people! Throughout the service there were teens and young adults who were enthusiastically involved in everything that was going on—especially the music. The highlight of the day was the singing! I've never heard such beautiful a capella vocal music—I was enthralled by it the entire time.
Yeah, they have a lot more fun in worship than we do.
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