Lolete Dotson was a graduate from Southeastern Seminary and a missionary in Bophuthatswana. The service begins with organ music (0:00-3:38). There is a moment of prayer (3:39-4:30). There is a Scripture reading from Isaiah 61 and Ezekiel 34, with the portion from Isaiah being read in an African language (4:31-6:10). The choir sings a song of worship (6:11-9:09). Dotson speaks her desire to introduce the African people she has worked with to the congregation (9:10-11:51). She speaks about her childhood friend Dina and Dotson’s own growing up to see the needs of the people and desire to meet those needs (11:52-16:19). Dotson explains the issue of apartheid among the Africans and the issue it created with connecting with people (16:20-19:29). Dotson shares about what home looked like for the women she worked with (19:30-23:45). Dotson speaks of several stories that show how much people begged for loving acknowledgement and how she and others she knows have tried to provide that and an eternal, spiritual help (23:46-38:58). The service closes in a word of prayer (38:59-39:46).
