Woke up extra early this morning to go hike and climb The Rock. The Rock is a mountain that all the Ugandans call in Tororo. It's a big mountain in the middle of Tororo. When you get to the top you can see for miles and miles. We started out at 7 am sharp and made our way to the mountain. It was a pretty steep hike and climb. I thought I was in okay shape. Boy, I was sucking wind pretty fast. I just had to adjust my VO2 max as I was elevating. It got pretty steep pretty fast. No ropes were needed you just needed to watch your footing and not lose your balance. Made it to the top of the mountain and the view was just awesome. You can see for miles and miles. Spectacular. You get to the top of that mountain and how can you not believe in God. How can you not believe in a God that crated such a beautiful place here and everywhere. Made our way down the mountain which was a bit easier. You still had to watch what you were doing and keep your balance. Made it to the bottom and there at the bottom of the mountain was a big cave where this man lives and has a church in the cave. That was pretty cool. So I did what I usually do. I explored the cave and that was awesome. The cave was not really deep into the mountain but still cool. Took a picture with the man who caretakes the cave. After the hike/climb got back to the hotel and took a much needed shower. After the shower had a super quick breakfast because we needed to get going to the village of Abur. When we got to the village they were so excited to see us. They hugged us, sang for us and just celebrated with and for us because we were there. They had a program for us with singing and dancing. They love to sing and love to sing and praise God. There at Abur were the Yum Yum Gardens in which the people in the village and nearby village farmed. They decided as a group of villages that they were going to work together and farm the land to make money and provide for there families. This endeavor had worked and has been profitable for them. They grew corn last season and sold it and now they are growing watermelons. They were saying that watermelon is the most profitable for them because they can get 1500 - 2500 shillings per watermelon. Remember that it is 2000 shillings for one american dollar. Pretty cheap for watermelon but very profitable for the villagers. They also had other gardens in which they grew different vegetables to sell and eat. They had a lunch for us that was a feast and very good. I have been very pleased with the food we have eaten here. Very tasty and the fruit is amazing. Towards the end of the day Pastor Peter came and joined us for a bit and Kent and I went with Pastor Peter and Pastor Lawrence to a couple of other villages. We went to the village of Soni. We were the first people to have visited their village. They were a good sustainable village. They did not wait for handouts from people. If they wanted something they found a way to get it done and Pastor Peter loved it. They had some sewing machines where they make dresses and shirts. That was a neat experience to be part of. After that village Kent and I headed to a nearby village called Wikusi and went there to see a classroom where Mama Jaquelyn was teaching english to the local women. Great ministry Mama Jacquelyn was doing. After that visit we headed back to the hotel to get some much needed rest. As we were making our way to the hotel there was a huge rain storm and it was crazy. I think Africa has crazy thunderstorms. Not looking forward to tomorrow because we are going all the way to west uganda to Fort Portal and that is a one days drive on a bus. Oh well, it'll be nice to the the rest of the Ugandan country. God Bless y'all and miss y'all. Looking forward to being home.
Paz y amor,
Raul
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