5 days in the Bush

Up early, washed face in cool water from the bore hole (well) and got ready for church. Most of us loaded up on Blue's flat bed trailer...the others walked. Church was great! The building was a shelter made of forked tree branches holding up a roof of grass. Most of the songs were the same ones we sing so we knew the melody but the words were Tonga...we sat next to the Zambians and pronounced the words the best we could....I sang watermelon, watermelon....Jesu....watermelon. :) After a lot of singing and special music it was time for sermon #1.....Sunday school. After Sunday school they received the offering and sermon #2 began. Topic of both sermons was the love of money. After sermon #2 and the closing prayer we filed out forming a type of receiving line shaking the hands of the folks that left before us, taking our place in line, then shaking the hands of the folks behind us. When the church was emptied we were all in a big circle....very cool. After church I decided to join the group that walked back to camp....no one told me we would have to cross the river. mmmmm  When we got to a very narrow part of the river the locals told us to jump. WHAT???  I was a trooper, hiked up my skirt got a good running start, screamed ahhhhhhh and landed  in the water....so much for jumping. I am always good for a little comic relief. The men behind us chased a cobra but lost him in the grass. We ate lunch and the men went to work.... breaking up into several teams. Some built trusses for the workers house, some worked on Blu and Darbie's house and some hauled rock and sand from the river. The girls got things ready for the women's conference scheduled for the next morning. We all ate supper..... sat around fire....prayed.....listened to Friday, Kalinga and Gibson as they played instruments and sang.      

Sleep.

 The stars are so bright they almost hurt your eyes!