The Winding Road...Teleios/Grace Africa 2007

Day 5 Reveals Two Sides To Beauty


The road through the Maranga District wound up and down, twisting through the hills and mountains.

On Wednesday, we made the grand tour of the Maranga District churches – a truly grueling day of riding on seemingly impossible roads. Most of the roads were rock and red clay, up and down, hills and mountains, all on twisting roads.

Despite the rough road, the landscape was beautiful with tea farms everywhere and lush green hills. All the beauty, though, was covering a hard life of subsistence living. The tea pickers, who work by hand on very steep slopes, earn about $1.10 a day for a full eight-hour day.

We also learned that only 30 percent of the pastors in this District receive any salary or type of compensation for their work. All of them must have another source of income – yet, they are full time.

Needless to say, we were worn out by the time evening rolled around. Thank you for your continued prayers.


A walk through a slum in Nyeri was an eye-opener.