The Church in Agla

On the second visit of the Anastasis to Benin in 2001 Lawrence Adjei was a discipler at the construction of a clinic building in Agla. While visiting a house in the community Lawrence noticed that the daughter of the man he was sharing with had a high fever. He asked the father if he could pray for the girl. The father replayed, yes, who don’t need prayer.
The next day Lawrence went back and found that the girl had been healed. With permission of the man of he began a weekly Bible study with the family, few weeks lather 20 people were attending and within three months 100 people from the community were gathering together
to worship God. With the covering of a church in the region a church was established.
Lawrence Adjei, now the Africa Mercy boatswain, was one of the students of the Efficient Deck Hand (EDH) course on board last week. He invited me to preach at the church in Agla on Sunday. The expression of worship through singing, dance and a willful act of celebration is indescribable. Singing in French and Fon, the local language, men, women and children never misses the bit.