Today was a fun day! Field trip day! we went to the shrines of Martyrs. There was about 10 men who were trying to share Christ, and they were killed. They tortured them and then bound them up with sticks and burned them from the feet up (the picture here is of the shrine made of the men). They died singing praise songs. It is amazing what these men went through for the sake of the Gospel... should make us all wonder if we are that willing to go as far as death for the sake of the Gospel.
After that we went to these waterfalls. They were beautiful. We got to climb up to the top of them and then go around to all sides of it so we could see every angle! it was one of the most amazing views ever! God really is an amazing creator!! These waterfalls are more then just falls to the people though. They come and there are shrines all around the waterfall, and they give money and gifts to these shrines so that they can get power, good luck, or other gifts from the falls. People really believe in this stuff... There are Gods in almost everything, every natural thing (mountain, hill, waterfall, ect. ) is worshiped because it is believe to be a God. After that we walked around and visited with some of the people in the community. We also got stampeded by wild cows! ha...
When we were walking, me and leah went off by our selves, and we walked by this family. They all started at us, and when we walked back they all were hitting this one girl. So this girl came up to us, her chest was hanging out of her shirt, and she looked as if she might have had some sort of mental disability, it looked like she wanted to shake Leah's hand. But we were wrong. She grabbed leahs water bottle and started yelling MAMMA MAMMA... we we didn't know what to do...so we said ok... you cane have it, and ran away! haha... it was quite humorous, and also the first time i have gotten robbed (knock on wood)...
African culture is so interesting. And i love being able to see all the things we are learning about!
We go on Rural Visit this weekend and have a meeting tonight on what to expect! it should be fun to be living in a rural area and get to experience life as an african in a rural setting for a weekend!
This last picture was just something funny i saw at the mechanic. They love Saddam Husain here, so... here is a humorous picture for all of you :)
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