village church

the church walls 

are simple bricks

window openings 

shaped but no glass

pews made from dried clay mud

being removed

as concrete begins to cover

the dirt floor

we carried our own chairs

from the base

only a ten minute walk

to the small village

we were greeted warmly

welcomed, honored

and blessed to worship

with such faithful ones

this Sunday 

our last in Zambia

we shall return

to fellowship with them

once again

When they said, “Let’s go to the house of God,”

    my heart leaped for joy.

Psalm 121:1 Message