Beginning in January 2007, I have spent just about every single Sunday evening (unless I'm not in Musoma!) on this back porch singing hymns. The porch belongs to Dusty and Kim Hill, and they have two great kids, Tessa and Jack. Since there is no English church around here to attend, we enjoy having some worship time in our mother tongue every week. The Hills have a stack of hymnals and everyone who comes gets to choose one or two they want to sing. I've learned a lot of new hymns since coming to Musoma!
Hymn sing attendance changes a bit as missionaries come and go, but there is always a little group gathered here on Sunday evenings. The Hills were in the States for a year and it still continued every week - their housesitter was in charge of being home every week and hosting it in their absence! It wasn't part of the housesitting job, of course, but he wanted to do it.
Andrew likes to sing, so we drive the 10 minutes out each week and really enjoy the fellowship. I'm the one in the group who isn't all that skilled at staying in tune, but fortunately they still let me come and take part. Each week we're encouraged to carry on in the strength of another week, bolstered by songs such as "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah", "Come Thou Fount", "How Firm a Foundation", and "There is Power in the Blood".
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