Pastor Steve Delzer on How Wal Reat Came to Nile Our Savior's Church

Pastor Steve Delzer on How Wal Reat Came to Nile Our Savior's Church

Christianity, Nile Our Savior's Lutheran Church

Pastor Steve Delzer tells his recolection of how Wal Reat first came to Nile Our Savior's Church in Faribault, MN

Leah Eby

Religion Department (Carleton College)

5/24/12

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Faribault, MN

One day, one of our worship teams was rehearsing, and Wal happened to be walking by the church, heard them, came in, sat down, listened, and after they were finished, went up and asked the group would it be okay if he and some of his fellow Sudanese people came here for worship. And the group said, ‘That’d be great; we’d love to have you here.’ Shortly after that, I came, and for the first year or so, they worshipped with the English-speaking congregation, but then came and asked would it be okay to start an afternoon worship service in their own native language, Nuer. And we said that would be great, but you have to take responsibility for it. You tell us what we can do to help you make that happen, but you have to lead it. And it has been going on ever since. -Pastor Steve Delzer