Up Country

We took a bus to the next town on our route. It was very small, there was one little place to get a simple dish of food only; that and one simple and small shop. The food was hard to eat, the lamb was fatty and for this culture it is a blessing but I just do not eat fatty foods well. We wandered the streets of a very remote village that I am kind of surprised showed up on a map, no one from the TT had ever gone to this city before so it was an experience and a scouting trip. I came up with an idea for the next day. The next town was only 25km (16 miles) away and we were ambitious. The next hotel would be at that town as well. There was no hotel at this town but we brought sleeping bags and sleeping mats with us so we were prepared. We hiked up on top of a plateau that is high above the village. The plan was to sleep early and then get up at 1-2am and set out into the city and put out 20-30 ‘skinnys’ (Gospels that is) and maybe a couple tapes. After that we would turn on our headlamps and start the hike to the next town, we stocked up on bottled water and got a little food that we could travel with and eat. While we waited we both had some times looking out and praying over the city. One man being inquisitive came over near us and Mike went and talked with the man. He showed the man the Bible but he appeared not to like what he read, Steve was able to pray for that man. I saw brilliant shooting stars this night, they were yellow, red, and orange, very beautiful.