Our friends are part of a mission base that supports the community through a medical clinic, public health training, an elemenatry school and Bible teaching. While we were there we were able to visit a couple of villages close to the mission compound. I say close, but it was still a fair walk in the hot sun.
This group sang songs for us and also loved getting their picture taken.
This group at the second village sang and also tried to teach us to count to 5 in Karamajong which sadly, I really didn't catch onto very well.
It is a very hot and dry area, especially in the current dry season which has begun sooner than normal and will result in a very hard season for the people and their food supply
We attended church at their mission as well and did our best singing songs in the Karamajong language.
During our time there it was very evident, that knowing the local language is very important. We felt very limited in our communication with the people, and fully commend our friends and their colleagues for taking the time to learn the language so they can be most effective is building relationships and sharing the message of Christ.
