On Sunday morning of the three-day Palawano Acts Bible Conference, a big group of people from Rora showed up, hiking for one hour on muddy trails to join in the fellowship. And a large family group from Kementian arrived, as well. They live a two-hour hike from our village in the opposite direction. Also, Bildin and her kids came. They live one-hour away in another direction. The church was bursting at the seams and extra benches had to be squeezed in. Then Abil counted the communion cups and realized we would run short at communion time. Our communion cups were originally little medicine cups from off children's cough syrup bottles, and get rewashed every time they are used. He sent someone out to chop up some bamboo from a patch behind the church. So by the time communion was served, there were plenty of cups to go around. That's what this picture is, a tub full of bamboo communion cups. The juice served in them was a sort of tea made from the leaves of a local plant that is red in color. I love it when the people find indigenous ways to express their obedience to the Lord.
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