This week we were blessed to be able to borrow Paul's car to
travel to the areas of Dawari, Gendabi, and Basotu. What a blessing it was for us! We packed our food and belongings and all
crawled (or, quite honestly squeezed) into the little Escudo. The roads to the
more remote villages can be kind of fun...and can be a bit of a challenge at
times.
The morning after we arrived in Gendabi, we went outside to
find that a rear tire of the car was flat.
It took most of the day to discover that this particular kind of tire
was not able to be repaired locally, nor was there a new tire to be purchased
for at least 50 kilometers! Though we had a spare that we could put on the car
temporarily, the conditions of the bush roads warrant that one should never
travel without a spare!
In the end, our dear friend and ministry partner Bayo
climbed onto the back of a motorcycle (a village taxi). Then, carrying the flat
tire behind him also (just imagine it--2 people and a car tire on a 125! Wish I could have gotten a picture of that!), Bayo
rode to another town where he worked to figured out how to repair the tire and
returned it to us by evening.
