Joining with the Waves...

There's something significant about worshipping on the bow of a ship somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean.

There's something significant about worshipping on the bow of the Africa Mercy on the way to Congo.

There's something significant about crewmates coming together to join in with the waves to worship the One who is Worthy.

Worship on the Bow is easily one of our favorite parts of life here on the Africa Mercy.  It only happens during the sail and, thanks to this particularly long sail, we've had multiple opportunities to worship on the bow lately.

Many thanks to Debra Bell for capturing these sacred moments with her camera, an instrument of worship.

The song below is a favorite of the crew.  The first time we ever heard it was last year on the bow on the way to Guinea.  It's called "Jabulani Africa!"  Jabulani means "joy" in Zulu (a language of South Africa).  So the song is a call for Africa to rejoice - and a prayer for the Joy of the Lord to reign in Africa.  There's also a dance that goes along with it (or maybe it would be more appropriate to call it a stomp).  Maybe you'll come to the ship one day and sing it with us....



Surely there will be more to come.