distended bellies, although these people are farmers. Unfortunately they are not aware of a well-rounded diet, and will eat fillers when they just need a little more protein, etc.
After a two hour drive we arrived at the first village. It was a pagan village mostly, of the Cambari people group. We had dinner and set up our tents in the dark. We tried to set up the projector to show them some videos but we couldn't get the DVD player to work - we tried for a long time, and a couple hundred people stood hopeing it would work out. So we gathered in a "shelter" & shared some thoughts to encourage them and answer any questions they had.
Next morning we split up & went hut-to-hut. Nicole and I and a man who was a pastor. Twice we found groups of Muslim women - we shared with them about Isa and the Injeel. Both said it was VERY good news but husbands were Muslim and so they felt stuck because they must be under their husband’s Muslim authority. It was funny because at one location, after we explained that God knows the heart and so knows what we truly believe, and can pray for our husbands, something really funny happened. One of the women said "well actually my husband is that young man over there and he has heard this – awkward!" Another women's group said they understood but wanted to think about it. Then we found a man who we shared with who received what we shared with him very willingly. He said he had been a Christian before & a Muslim twice but every time goes back to being pagan. The morning and Mossa himself truly illustrated how willing & ready these people were to receive but also how easily swayed or deterred by the pagans and how badly they need a resident pastor to disciple & shepherd them and just teach them about so many things spiritual and practical! After that we did some vaccines for the children and medical consultations for the adults, had lunch, & moved on.
distended bellies, although these people are farmers.
Unfortunately they are not aware of a well-rounded diet, and will eat fillers when they just need a little more protein, etc.
note the huge belly button outtie. It's a type of hernia, and it is more common here then you would think.
This is a termite mound.
Eating sugar cane as we drive to the village. One hand to hold the cane, the other to balance on top of the truck cab...
Bush attack! (rest stop)
Some of the huts were mud bricked, like this one. Most round, but in some places square.
Just hangin'
This boy is responsible for watching the cows. You can tell because the cow watchers have a stick with them they balance on their back and hang their arms on.
Looking for more medical supplies.
That bread on the tailgate is called "hallelujah bread." It is sweet to the taste.
Talking with the older men.
woah, a motorcycle in the village!
If you look closely, the toddler boy has eye shadow of sorts. They do that.
Typical toddler transportation.
This morter and pestle is used to pound yams. The women get up at 4:30 in the AM and pound the yams into a mush. You hear it and sometimes you can feel the ground shake.
That very skinny toddler is so malnourished, but not ashamed to ask!
Even the children carry the younger around like this.
Giving some vaccinations quickly becomes crazy, because there's only so much materials but so many people. And the kids start crying because they see the other ones crying.
Sometimes we needed two translators because there were three or four languages to go thru to communicate. But with the children, you need no translators. Because love, care, and play are international languages.
He played guitar with him as much as we could stand it, then I'd switch out with him, and so on. He never quit!
Women standing in line for medical help.
Getting shots is hard stuff!
Nicole would talk to the women about nutrition, about how to make soap, and so on.
It was challenging because the ladies didn't really even have access to the simple things needed for the homemade soap.
Lunch time. pounded stuff, rice, and fish flavoring.
Nothing spells fun like jumping over the hula bar while getting smacked with sticks.
That truck tyre mouths the well they have - very deep. They use a truck innertube for the bucket.
Their grain mill.
palm trees mark the water source - for washing clothes.
The start of a church building - so far its just a shelter.
Our friend the hunter - our guard. He has killed a dozen massive boa constrictors.
More games
It seems these kids are deprived for affection.
I think they've been out in the fields all day.
They just had to touch Nicole and play games with her!
