The morning started off with stacks of chairs being brought by a large truck; the chairs then being strategically placed in shady areas. Furniture was moved from place to place for the honored guests and large sufrias (pots) were being filled with water in preparation for lots of cooking. Below is a picture of the bean cleaning process. No one wants to bite down on a hard rock thinking it's a bean :o).
In honor or the Arch Bishop and the importance of the completion of the Bishop's house, a bull was purchased and donated by a retired reverend and his family. This was a very generous act of kindness. Below some of my teammates are checking out the scene of the now slaughtered bull.
The childrens' choir led the procession as the Arch Bishop was welcomed by all the attenders. Below you will see Bishop Bismark (Mundri's Bishop) dressed in purple and the Arch Bishop at the tail end holding his tall wooden staff.
The Arch Bishop was led directly to the Bishop's new house where he performed a ribbon cutting ceremony and entered inside to pray a blessing over the house. He then continued on to our team house where he performed another ribbon cutting and prayed for our home. Below you will see many at our windows peeking in at the Arch Bishop as the prayer was said.
After moving from house to house people sat for the Sunday service and speeches of thanksgiving.
While the service was going on, others were preparing large amounts of food for the afternoon meal . Below is the largest vat of linya I have ever seen.
After many encouraging words of thanks were spoken people flocked together and the dancing began. The people of Mundri sure know how to party!
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