The Sabbath in Lomé

Today we attended Church in Lomé. There are 16 congregations in the Lomé area, but only one chapel. Three of the congregations meet there and the other wards and branches meet in rented facilities around the city. Missionaries will be sent to Kpalime in the next few weeks. This will be the first area outside of the capital where missionaries will labor.

The chapel in Lomé is beautiful. It was built in 2011. It was a wonderful to worship with the saints in Lomé.


Our opening hymn was "How Firm a Foundation."

I love the words of the second verse both in French and in English:

1. 1. «Pendant l’abondance ou dans la pauvreté,
      Aux jours de souffrance ou bien dans la santé.
      Sur terre ou sur mer, au foyer, au désert,
      As-tu besoin d’aide, as-tu besoin d’aide,
      As-tu besoin d’aide, mon bras t’est offert.»
      
      
      1. In ev'ry condition--in sickness, in health,
         In poverty's vale or abounding in wealth,
         At home or abroad, on the land or the sea--
         As thy days may demand, as thy days may demand,
         As thy days may demand, so thy succor shall be.