The highlight of the day was Ginny’s ten-minute devotional on women, which turned into an hour and a half of discussion of marriage, how men should treat wives, how wives should act, and more. The participants broke into groups and composed songs on the subject, and if their explanations of their songs were anywhere close to the truth, they are trying to grapple with the subject.
“It takes a village to raise a child” may well be a survival mechanism for societies like the Baka, in which two-parent homes are rare. Youths are expected to “play the field,” and a father may or may not be devoted to his children and their mothers. Of course, the church is infected as well, and while we can’t expect to turn such problems around with a few devotionals and songs, we hope we have planted a seed that will bear fruit in due time.
By the afternoon, everyone was tired, but the folks wanted to record another dozen or so songs, so the time after siesta was spent fruitfully.
Tomorrow we have planned (not to be confused with will have) another teaching session composition time. The certificates of participation are being filled in, and we will hand them out tomorrow.
Thank you as always for your prayers!
Vernacular Discipleship through Music 