{"id":5838,"date":"2019-08-14T09:58:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T08:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5838"},"modified":"2019-08-14T09:58:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T08:58:16","slug":"layha-celebrating-the-lords-gift-of-a-ram-for-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/08\/14\/layha-celebrating-the-lords-gift-of-a-ram-for-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"Layha; celebrating the Lord&#8217;s gift of a ram for sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roy and I went across the river on Sunday to join our Fulani friends in the celebration of Layha or Eid-Al-Adha, the feast honoring Abraham\u2019s willingness to give his son and God\u2019s provision of a ram in the son\u2019s stead.\u00a0 This holiday and the day ending Ramadan fasting, Suumaaye or Eid-Al-Fitr, are the BIG TWO for our buddies.\u00a0 They get new clothes and do the dying designs on their hands and feet for both.\u00a0 They gather in the morning in a huge field just outside the town and the head Imam gives a talk centering on sacrifice and atonement, and they all pray and he sacrifices a sheep, which gives them permission to return home and do their own.\u00a0 They send pieces of meat, raw or cooked, around to family and friends.\u00a0 Older men often give out candy or coins to kids.\u00a0 Most of the men and also the younger women make the rounds, sitting just long enough at each house to drink a cup of tea and eat a bite of rice and meat, say a prayer and move on.\u00a0 We did just that on Sunday, starting at about 11 am, finishing up at our 6<sup>th<\/sup> house at about 3:45 pm.\u00a0 Our hosts always insisted that we eat more than just a bite, and we did our best.\u00a0 We missed seeing one special friend, but saw two of his brothers running around town.\u00a0 It was a day of joy and a day of many tears.\u00a0 The sermon that morning given at our little farm church by Alexandre, the CEFA farm manager and our next door neighbor, was on Ecclesiastes 3, very fitting for our last days here in central Africa: a time to weep and a time to laugh\u2026celebrations and partings, knowing that some we will see again and some we will not.\u00a0 Thank you for your prayers as we navigate these last days.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5845\" style=\"width: 347px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-goodbye-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5845\" class=\"wp-image-5845 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-goodbye-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-goodbye-1.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-goodbye-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">J, the one of Chief T&#8217;s sons that Roy has connected with most<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5844\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5844\" class=\"wp-image-5844 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-9.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-9-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lapful of kids, and a backseat full too, on their way with us to their grandma&#8217;s house<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5843\" style=\"width: 347px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5843\" class=\"wp-image-5843 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-7.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/08\/blog-Layha-7-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oh I&#8217;m gonna miss A and her antics, always ready to make me laugh. She&#8217;s drinking her tea out of a casserole lid.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5838&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy and I went across the river on Sunday to join our Fulani friends in the celebration of Layha or Eid-Al-Adha, the feast honoring Abraham\u2019s willingness to give his son and God\u2019s provision of a ram in the son\u2019s stead.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/08\/14\/layha-celebrating-the-lords-gift-of-a-ram-for-sacrifice\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-meetings-with-m-friends"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Layha; 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