The Diary Game: Have you ever gone to church on Palm Sunday and realized that you are the only with Palm fronds ๐ŸŒพ in church? This happened to me today ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ˜‚: by @ngwerast: 10/04/2022

in Steem Cameroon โ€ข 2 years ago (edited)

Happy Palm Sunday to you all great steemians. Today I will be sharing with you how I spent my palm Sunday of the year 2022 and how a little funny it was, because I was invited by a friend to worship with them in their Church (Christlife Embassy Church Douala).

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source: A56 Pro itel Dual phone camera

Morning session.
Part one:
I woke up today at 7a.m alittle late this morning, because I slept late. I was feeling kind of lazy to leave my bed, even though I knew i had to boil beans for pounded Irish before going to church. Nevertheless, I finally left my bed after praying, went straight into the bathroom to brush up. When I was done brushing, I went into the kitchen, wash the red beans I socked in water the previous night and put on the fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ to cook. At about 7:45 a.m, I prepared bread and tea for breakfast. After my breakfast, I ironed my dress ๐Ÿ‘—, went into the bathroom and took my bath. It was exactly 8:15a.m, I switched off the gaz cooker and dressed up for church.
On my way to church, I bought my palm fronds ๐ŸŒพ for 100f(long size). At exactly 9:15 a.m, I arrived church.

     My church neighbor to the right

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Source: A56 Pro itel Dual camara.

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Part two:
Now this is the funniest part of the day ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™Š. Upon entering the church gate, I saw Christains outside without palm fronds ๐ŸŒพ! ๐Ÿ™„ , I said to myself, might be they didn't find the time to get their palm fronds. So, I proceeded inside the church and still saw no christain with Palm fronds ๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ™„. Rather, everybody was looking at me somehow๐Ÿ™„, I went in, took my seat. I kept my palm frond๐ŸŒพ on the floor, under my chair, turned to my neighbor on the right, greeted him and asked "this church does not celebrate Palm Sunday"?๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿค”, He responded and said "they don't come with Palm fronds, but they recognize Palm Sunday". I was like okay ooo ๐Ÿค”, I now understand why everyone is looking at me this way. I was looking so odd and had this shy feeling ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿค—, like how can I be the only one in church with Palm fronds ๐ŸŒพ on a palm Sunday!..... When church service was over, I hurriedly picked up my palm frond ๐ŸŒพ and left. On my way out, I remember the pastor said we should connect with other people, make friends and exchange contacts. So, met this lady out side the gate. I introduced myself, after a short talk with her, we exchange contacts and took selfies and pictures. See below;

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Source: A56 Pro itel Dual camara

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Afternoon session.
I arrived home at 12mid-day, after changing my clothes, I went straight into the kitchen to continue with the cooking process I left before church. The meal for the day was pounded Irish and beans. Since I had boiled beans in the morning, I took Irish potatoes to Peel. After peeling, I switched on the gaze cooker, put red oil in the pot, fried onions and pepper until it was brown, then i washed the potatoes and added. After 5minutes, I washed the already boilied beans and added. After 30 minutes, it was now dried and ready to be pound. See below;

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My grandmother always thought us that every traditional dish is eaten with fingers. As you can see from the picture, I am using my fingers to enjoy it.

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Now, if you are a lover of this meal, join me at BP cite douala today lets share.๐Ÿ™Š๐Ÿ™‰๐Ÿ’ƒ

The evening session of my day was just calm because Eneo had done what they know how to do Best (ceasing light.)๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿฅต. Due to the extreme heat, I went to bed.
Moral lesson : connecting with people, is good business. If you think am joking, make enquiries.

Thank you all for taking time to read.๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅฐ

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ย 2 years agoย (edited)

Wow I can see you had a very nice day .attending service in a church where you donโ€™t fellowship there is quite challenging .I can imagine how you were happily entering the church with your palm frond and later discovered you are the only person having if it in the church .What you failed to do was to first ask her if they take palmfrond inthe church since today is Palm Sunday .Next time try to ask questions to any one that invites you to his or her church before going .so that you can know things do or not to do while there .lastly please when writing reduce the rate of putting emojis in your post is alarming .people might feel bored to go through your post with these a lot of emoji,s.

ย 2 years agoย 

Thanks so much for your comment @wirngo, and also for the corrections. Will adjust in my next post. Honestly, I forgot to ask my friend if they celebrate Palm Sunday or not. But it never crossed my mind that some churches don't celebrate Palm Sunday. I thought palm Sunday and Easter feasts are a universal thing.

ย 2 years agoย 

You are welcome dear

ย 2 years agoย 

Oooh My God, this is what we call engagement comment.

Wooow kudos ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ @wirngo. I'm so proud of you. Congratulations you have won 1 free STEEM from me

ย 2 years agoย 

Wow make evening no sweet so ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฝ.Thank you @chiabertrand I do appreciate

ย 2 years agoย 

You are welcome mom

I have send your 1STEEM
๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
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I will love to be seeing such comments on articles like this. And I will always do my best to be encouraging and congratulating such comments

ย 2 years agoย 

Thank you ๐Ÿ™

ย 2 years agoย 

Woow mom your food looks delicious ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜‹. I have stayed without eating it and I will love to eat it again

Please when next you prepare it you invite me

In general, I see you had a very splendid day

ย 2 years agoย 

Thanks so much @chiabertrand for your warm words. Your request has been noted, that's if you are in douala.!

ย 2 years agoย 

Meeeeeeerde ๐Ÿ˜ฉ. Right in Douala??

Anyway, I will still came. So I will be waiting for your invitation

ย 2 years agoย 

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ yes ooo @chiabertrand, in dla. I thought you were in douala.

ย 2 years agoย 

Nooo oOoOO. I'm in Bamenda yaa

Bamenda is my home town. But I might come to Douala if should incase you invite me

ย 2 years agoย 

Alright @chaibertrand, you have been officially invited to douala for dinner by @ngwerast.๐Ÿค—

ย 2 years agoย 

Wooow I'm already prepared right now

So when should I officially came over

ย 2 years agoย 

Hello @chiabertrand, good morning to you and to Bamenda in general. I can see you are determine to come to douala for your pounded Irish meal visit ๐Ÿค—. I'm available all the time, feel free book your day .

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