happenstancehaschangedmyplans: Camping in the Congo!

Just a quick note with some awesome pictures!! A group of us just got back from camping in a place called Yanda. It was great! We left Friday afternoon, driving about 2 hours away into the country. It was nice to get out of the city and see some of the country side, which is really beautiful.

The place we camped at has a small building with 3 rooms that you can stay in, or you can bring a tent. There is no electricity or running water. To get water you can take a small walk to the well that is on the property and fill up your buckets! You can also bathe in the river that is at the bottom of the property. We spent the whole day yesterday just laying by the river and relaxing.

Our welcoming committee

This morning we went to the local Lingala congregation. That was so wonderful! Everyone was so excited to have some visitors, especially the children. I took a ton of photos.

Then leaving turned into a small adventure. We walked back to the camp and were planning to stay for a couple more hours before taking off. But the weather decided to not allow that! Within ten minutes of getting back the sky turned dark and the wind came on strong. It was going to downpour! This was not a good thing for us because the road that we had to take to get out was going to quickly turn into a muddy mess. Right away we started packing as fast as we could, throwing things into bags. One of the brothers with us had rode his bike out so he had to leave immediately to try and get ahead of the rain. Which didn't really happen, the rain started soon after we started packing and we ended up loading the car in the pouring rain, all of us getting soaked in no time. It was so crazy! Then there was the road to get out...........Lots and lots of muddy holes to drive around or through, but our truck made it with no problems!! We arrived safe and sound back home in the early afternoon.