Friday Adventures

I have definitely lost track of the date. It’s Saturday morning, sitting on Mary’s veranda. She made a huge breakfast for all of us, so sweet, and I slept until 10. Partly because of the hiking yesterday, and then waking up at 1 and checking Skype, hoping Bill was on it. He wasn’t, but I im’d Karen and spoke with Janice quickly before it was too loud in the house. Mary’s house is very quiet, no cars, no planes, no air conditioners, just quiet and an occasional neighbor noise or rooster, like I just heard. Her garden is beautiful, flowers all around. Africa is beautiful. I do really love it. I can’t say that I’ve felt afraid since I’ve been here. Even yesterday in the rainforest, climbing up the steep crevices, or walking in the creek for a little rest of climbing. I loved the experience. There’s a little red, orchid looking flower called Kilamanjaro flower, it only grows on the mountain. I took a picture. The villagers on the way up the mountain were so very interesting. I wouldn’t think they have electricity, but they could. They seemed content working in their community. The more we came down the mountain onto the street, it was quite different. Very much more worldly, discontent, dirty, surviving. The villagers are for the most part distanced from that, and the others see what they don’t have. When we went to dinner last night, it was at a local barbeque where they cooked chicken outside on the grill, with a few other things also. There’s were many people walking around, islam coming from the mosque a couple of buildings away. It was fun to be there with Alice, another missionary on Mary's team, and Gaudy, I can't wait to hear her testimony on how the Lord saved her life. She lived with Mary a few years.

We are going to see a waterfall today, can't think of anything much more beautiful than that. I found out this morning that on our safari in a few days, we will sleep overnight in tents, can you BELIEVE that! Ha, that will be very intersting to say the least. I am going to try to post a few pictures I took yesterday, one of a monkey, huge, black with white stripes down the middle of it's back.

Much love,
Cheryl