day 9 - african dancin.....plus sim and andan ;)

programme in morning-

so we woke up enthusiastically for sunday service at 9am. although this was later than our usual 7.30am starts it was still a struggle getting out of bed and as usual me (simeon) and andan were last to rise out of our pits.

(rise out of our pits?...since wen do i talk like this? paul's infuence i guess. o well :D)

anyway... yes, it was around 10.30am and we were all round the dining table ready to leave. however nicholas (pastor) arrived giving us information about us visiting a different church down the road as he was preaching there. this wasn't a problem as it meant we could chill out for another 15 minutes as he said he begins preaching at 10.45.
30 minutes later and we were still sat arund the table!!! "Nicholas mate whats going on? aren't you supposed to be preaching at 10.45?..." we asked
whilst making a cup of tea and eating something (i'm not quite sure of the name)he replied "yes..." then he carried on making tea.
judging by the composure he displayed in his response we decided not to panic as there must have been a good reason as to why he wasn't in a rush to get to church.
15 MINUTES LATER, AT 11.15 WE WERE STILL PATIENTLY WAITING AT THE TABLE. I SAY PATIENTLY BUT I AM SURE U CAN IMAGINE HOW RED PAUL'S FACE WAS AT THIS TIME AND HOW MANY VEINS WERE POPPING OUT OF HIS NECK.
"NICHOLAS WHY HAVEN'T WE LEFT FOR CHURCH YET" we asked in a more stern tone
whilst STILL drinkin his tea he replied "oh guys i forgot to tell you that i have been told i am preachin next week"
hmmm... i am not going to tell you what was running through my mind at this point.... i would have to bleep out too many of the words!!!
so that was the programme for the morning - SIT AROUND TABLE LIKE MUPPETS

programme in afternoon-

shrugging off the previous incident we got ready to see some african dancing. we arrived at a huge building shaped like the emirates football stadium (slightly over exaggerated) sat down and we were entertained by some "traditional" african dances as the woman with the microphone kept saying before every dance.... as if we didn't know it was traditional! AAAAAAAA
the dances were good... but it was getting a little tedious. however just when we were about to fall asleep the annoying woman announced the next act. this time she never said "traditional"!!! well this woke us up as we thought something was wrong...
"and next up we have some acrobats who will perform many daring stunts"
a group of 6 men came out and began flipping one after the other and immediately the crowd light up in amazement. when i tell you these guys were the most amazing acrobats i have ever seen I MEAN IT!!! (they are the only acrobats i have seen live but still... they were "SICK MAN")
they were doing all sorts! they were making human pyramids and doing hand stands at the top on two people's heads. they were balancing using parts of their bodies i never could have imagined if i never saw it. and.... ok i am not sure you can understand what they were doing unless you see it for yourself but they were AMAZING!!! i think matthew crisp will upload the video soon but yes.. until then use your imagination. ANYTHING IS POSSBLE WITH THESE GUYS SO BARE THAT IN MIND WHEN USING YOUR IMAGINATION!
so yes, they were dong limbo and fire that was balancing on two bottles of an ordinary size (330ml). they were jumping through hoops. they were rubbing fire over their bodies and down their trousers!!! AGAIN YOU MUST SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.
i dont really want to say much more about the experience as i can't describe it well enough. so yes that was day 9.... OH WAIT.

i forgot to mention the final act. the final act was another traditional dance. BUT. nearing the end of the performance they allowed for the audience to join in. well andan wasted no time. he ran down from the top row of the stadium where we were sitting and commenced doing what us east londoners call "a skank". well this excited many of the audience members! i on the other hand was having none of this! 'how can i just sit here and watch him get all the cheers?' i thought to myself.
so i also sprinted down and commenced skanking. well ofcourse i got loads of cheers...after all they had never seen a white person dance before!!! again this was all recorded and hopefully matthew.c will upload this ASAP.

so overall it was an exciting experience, the best part being the acrob....nah me and andan :D

SIMEON .... p.s excuse any abbreviations, i was on facebook at the same time as writing this so i am writing in txt form ;)