Currying favour with the natives

Church today and part two of Nick's preaching invitation. We both took our instruments along with us and joined the worship team. Although we were unfamiliar with most of the songs, a good half hour or more of practice beforehand got us as far as we needed to go alongside Debi's competent piano playing. Jethro had his conga drums set up so we were a merry little band. Nick shared a brief word of testimony and also spoke about the work on St Helena before getting into his text from Acts. Again the message was well received, and we shared in the Lord's Supper after the preaching. By midday everything was wrapped up but people stayed around for at least another hour and a half - there was no rushing off home to get roasts in the oven! I found this quite unique and most excellent. I think eventually the hunger set in though as people started drifting off towards 2 pm...along with the Becks, Blignauts and Dredges we drifted to Porirua's North City mall, widely nicknamed 'Curryrua' because of the excellent curry take-away place; we can attest to the deliciousness of their meals! As Gracenet has no evening service, the rest of the day was relaxed and unhurried. Candice and I did some sewing while the boys watched a DVD.