The service was due to start at 8:30am. We had decided we would try to arrive a little late, firstly to ensure we weren’t the only ones in the church and secondly we wanted to sneak in the back and make sure we couldn’t be up front as guests of honour.
It worked.
We found a nice seat next to lovely lady and her little girl, who managed to keep us amused and entertained throughout. We were also supplied with sweets and water, though were rationed to one sweet an hour. We had no idea how long this service would be.
Luckily we finished at 12:45, so only just over 4 hours, and had sweets to spare. It was actually a great service, really interesting and fun, and great for our Swahili as we had no interpreter to help.
At the end of the service you leave and shake everyone's hand, see above. There were about 900 people!
We then rushed off as were we guests at the fun bit, lunch. We had a nice spread of rice and chicken, and managed to fill our stomachs.
The challenge was then trying to stay awake for the afternoon, which we both failed to do, but then headed to the pub to watch the final day of the football season with a pizza. Disappointing results but good fun, and certainly amusing watching the arguments ensue about Chelsea’s diving and cheating.
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