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Day at the Beach

Jan 18 2020

Today we had a much-needed day of play and fellowship.  We met up at a nearby beach with some of the local youths from a few Mennonite congregations.  Along with normal beach activities, such as swimming, looking for seashells, and building sandcastles, we had some friendly competition with football/soka (soccer), races, and tug of war.  We ended with a time of getting to know one another (in Swahili and English), some time of prayer, and ate delicious cake.

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