Kids along the road

I was on the prayer team on this day, so we didn't visit houses, but we did get to interact with some children on the road.

Day 3 - Spider Entrance

They were not joking when they called this the spider entrance. Here is a close-up of one of the spiders.

Here is one of about a million webs that had tons of spiders ..I was getting concerned about our bathroom breaks on this day!

These men were breaking up the rock with the sledgehammer and a pole...hard work!

The team getting some information on the area.

Once we were past the spider entrance, the view was beautiful!

My time with the children

These girls were so fun! They are precious!

It was such a blessing that he showed up. This family spoke a different language, and he ended up translating for me when I was sharing with the children. How cool it was to see him sharing the gospel after he had just heard it for the first time himself when we were at his house!

We taught them the song, "I Will Magnify the Lord."

They caught on to the hand motions very quickly and I think they tried singing with us as well!

I loved, loved, loved spending time with these girls! Another heart connection! What an amazing day!!!

Day 2 Visit 3

As you can see, the boy in the striped shirt popped up at our next visit as well.

Checking out the music we gave him. He actually put it on to play right then.

Isn't she beautiful?

There's her smile!

Day 2 Visit 2

I was able to share with this family.

There seemed to be much interest in what we were sharing...so much so, that we passed on the name and number of a national that would be willing to follow up. I was very surprised to see him go inside and get a cell phone and program the number in! Hopefully they long to hear more...and believe!

Her daughter was sick and we prayed for her. Even though we were strangers that speak different languages, we made a huge heart connection that day. She is precious!

I don't know her name, but she is dear to my heart. Please join me in praying that we will see each other again in heaven!

Unexpected gifts

We had a small chat here and said we'd stop for a visit on our way back up the mountain. She gave us beautiful flowers from bushes. Little did I know how much of a heart connection I would make with this lady later in the day!

Her son, who had visited with us up the mountain, passed out the flowers.

We travelled down the mountain more and stopped for lunch. The young man that passed out the flowers popped up again...we weren't sure if he was wanting to practice his English (he wasn't bad!), or was just curious, but he spent quite a bit of time with us this day. The two pretty young girls on our team probably didn't hurt either!

He told us more about the valley. Electricity had just come to this part of the mountain a year ago. I can not imagine how they got the huge heavy poles and wires down the mountain and in place...truly amazing. He really wanted to show us the puppies, but it was decided we didn't have time to go that far down the mountain. After lunch, we headed back to his house for a visit.

Day 2 Visit 1

This sweet little girl was our shadow throughout the day!

These men are all related and live in this area of the mountain. They gave us some apples that looked freshly picked and we had a nice visit. They were heading somewhere and said they weren't able to invite us to tea right then. One of them had new puppies they wanted us to see at their house further down the mountain.