{"id":3730,"date":"2018-02-13T09:19:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T14:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2018-02-13T09:29:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T14:29:51","slug":"funerals-importance-repetition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2018\/02\/funerals-importance-repetition\/","title":{"rendered":"Funerals and the Importance of Repetition"},"content":{"rendered":"

We went to a funeral at Karawa last week.\u00a0 It was a heartbreaking one for Lingawe Sarah Singa, a 19 year old junior\u00a0in the nutrition section at Lycee Vanette, the girls\u2019 HS at Karawa, had died after being sick for only about a month.\u00a0 The testimonies from the HS chaplain, school principal, family and more were powerful.\u00a0 They spoke of her strong Christian testimony and leadership.<\/p>\n

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As I sat there listening to the mourning (hysterical at times by fellow students), singing the hymns during the service and observing people as they sang I was struck by the importance of repetition of familiar words at these times.\u00a0 At every funeral I\u2019ve attended in Congo 2 songs are always sung, sometimes both during the service and at the graveside.\u00a0 They are roughly to the tunes of \u201cAuld Lang Syne\u201d and \u201cWhen the Saints Go Marching In\u201d, but the Lingala words are different.<\/p>\n

To \u201cWhen the Saints Go Marching In\u201d<\/p>\n