Mount Elgon

So Monday, the 30th of January, we started our week in Mt Elgon. We arrived in the early evening, and got settled in the nice house of a teacher/pastor. It was such a nice break after being in that nasty rat infested room. here we have a lovely view of Uganda out our back windows, and rooms, and a "kitchen". tuesday we spent resting and catching our breath. The next few days were spent doing door to door. In the afternoon on Thursday we got to go to a school, where me and henry spoke to the from 1&2's. It went so well. I really love being with the youth. On friday morning we got up super early to hike the mountain. At this point, I'm still pretty ill, and so is half of the rest of the team. But we were determined. The kenyan girls stayed behind, and we went on. It took us about 4 hours and much groaning to reach the 7000ft summit. It was SO hard. But we got to minister to a very hurt people. This area, mountain top and valley, have been plagued by rebels. They break out into war after every election, that's every 5 yrs, since 1963. so many of the people in the valley used to live in the mountains, but they got run out. Everyone has lost someone. It was so sad to hear their stories, but such a God thing to be there to encourage them. On the mountain it was even more intense. many people lived with nothing, because it always gets stolen! It was very hard walking, because everything is terraced into the mountain sides, so either steep down or steep up. But so worth it! We got to visit the caves they used to hide in, and listened to an mzei (an old man) who had been there since the beginning. Ministering to those people I think the best experience I had in Kenya. Sunday I went to church just up the hill form the house, with Meaghan. They asked me to do sunday school, so I came up with a lesson on the fly. The kids put together a skit really fast for the congregation, and then we listened to the pastor, and Meg, and then sang lots of songs. Kenyan people love to sing. Monday we headed out for our next location, but many of my team members were quickly becoming ill.