and filled her with oil. We, Bridget and I, celebrated the occasion by
taking a trip "inside inside" the bush, 15k to be exact. We stopped in on a
few different camps, including Jibree's new place 7k in from the road where
we delivered some medication that they needed. It was fun to see his wife
Hajara, youngest daughter Halima and kids again. We played down by the
river bed where they dig for water to bath, drink and wash clothes. We don't
see these kids as often now that live an hour's walk to and from school. We
are happy that at least they are making the trek for exam week. We also
stopped in to visit a couple other students' camp and dropped off some of
the boys hand-me-downs.
The road itself started in Emi-woro village and went "straight" out into the
bush. The terrain goes from cleared farm land to brush with small trees,
where most the fire wood is cut for cooking. As we continued the trees got
bigger the camps thinned out and the bush got thicker. I was kind of
wondering who made and maintained the road. It became clear that these were
logging roads. Now I know how the trucks around here get as beat up as they
do. At the end of the road was a small clearing with what could best be
described as a tent platform with plastic tarps set up and a mosquito net
hanging inside. There was another motorcycle parked in front and the
cooking fire still burning but no one around.
It was a great break and I'd like to thank our supporters for helping to
purchase this fine machine. It has been put to good use running errands to
the village, bank, picking up the nurse for after hour clinic calls and
carrying sick kids home from school when they shouldn't have come in the
first place.
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