THURSDAY: THE BIG HIKE!! and MICI

We woke up early on Thursday morning and had an early breakfast.   We left the camp around 8:30 and started on our hike—a four hour hike.  Soon we were climbing steep terrarin.   The children were really into it.   Climbing without too much complaining.

  

The weather was perfect.  The mountains are covered in older growth trees.  Not a lot of sun and as we got higher it was pretty cool temperatures with some wind.  We got water at a spring not far off the trail.  About two and half hours into the hike, we stopped for the group Bible story, learn the memory verse, and sing a few songs.  We had brought a snack of some really good cookies.   After a rest, we started again up the mountain.  

A little after 12 noon we reached our destination.  The “Refuge” is a stop over building on the mountain trail.  You can get food, drinks, even sleep over night there.   There is a nice spring for water.  Everyone was a little tired from a three hour hike.   The views were incredible. I think we were around 5000 feet up.   The children played, the adults rested, and mostly just talked and looked.  You discover why they call it the “refuge.” 

 

Going down was a little faster than going up.  But, not much faster.   We arrived back at the camp a little after 4 PM.   Zoli said that we had hiked over 10 kilometers on way.   So 6.5 miles there and 6.5 miles back.    This was a hike.   We had lunch around 4:30.   Then, rotation began.  After rotation the girls were went to river to bathe and the boys played ball.  

 

For supper we had a special treat of Mici for the children.   Everyone was pretty tired at the end of the day.   We had accomplished something hiking to the “refuge” on the mountain.  For evening worship, Attila and Adel gave their testimonies.  Zoli brought a message.   Everyone went right to bed.