3rd Day at Macha

Today was the first day that we experienced a good soaking rain during the daytime. We got to worship this morning at the Macha church. Corie, Eric, and Elaine walked while Phil, Dave, Liam and I drove. We did this just in case Liam didn't last through the whole service. Fortunately we had the vehicle because it started to rain pretty hard and Liam was playing outside and was having a bit of a meltdown when I refused to let him play in the muddy puddles. On another note, before the downpour he enjoyed using sticks to write in the dirt and even made a fellow friend. From what I caught of the church service, it was great. The youth sang and there was some drumming that Liam and I made it back in for. The service doors were open so little kids and adults could come and go as they pleased.

We ended up taking advantage of having the vehicle at church and Dave, Liam, and I climbed in and headed back to the house-what should have been a 5 minute drive turned into a 35 minute one because although everything looked familiar we couldn't find the right roads back. To give you a visual...picture lots of dirt roads, some bumpier than others with lots of green grasses, trees, and brick buildings. Liam fell asleep within 5 minutes of being in the car and I began to laugh uncontrollably as we bounced around and tried to make our way home. We did make it home and Dave even made it back to pick up the rest of the crew since church was most likely done by the time we returned home.

After church we had a nice lunch, played a dice game, and then walked to a nearby home for Eric & Elaine to pick up Tonga books. We had dinner on the veranda w/ lit candles and enjoyed some more rain.

We have a few meetings and meals lined up for this week. Its been great to see the place of Macha and I look forward to getting to know the people of Macha better!

-Christie