This weekend’s feat = climbing a mountain! Chickens, corn, and fresh wafts of cow…similar to Iowa except for the red clay, goats, small waterfalls, and women with small children on their backs and buckets on their heads. We were constantly saying hello to all the local people, especially the young children who were delighted when we responded in Swahili. Our language teachers led us on a shortcut off the beaten path where we wove among houses and alongside farm animals. Many of us reached the top of Morningside peak by afternoon, where we found a quaint church with God is Love written above the altar and a man who gave us an entire branch of mini (2 inch) bananas-- the sweetest tasting bananas we had ever had. Because our group had separated, we were thankful that local residents farming on top of a distant hill pointed us in the direction of the rest of the group waiting at a beautiful old German missionary home covered in orange flowers (President Ohle’s vacation home?!?) We were amazed that people live so high up in the mountains and that they make the long journey to town and back, all while carrying heavy loads on their heads. TIA…this is Africa!
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