Once we landed in Kinshasa we were met by two sister service missionaries. They were going to take us to a water project that the Church is looking at doing. We started on a busy market street.
As we drove along it got more and more rural. The road was a fine sand and it became more and more rutted.
It's a good thing we were in 4 wheel drive vehicles because we had to ford several streams. The people were always so friendly and many would wave to us as we passed.
We kept driving and the curious locals came out to see who we were since not many cars traveled to their remote area. They also knew the 2 sisters who were driving the vehicles.
Another stream to cross, but both sisters mastered the rough road with amazing skill.
This stream is about a mile and a half from the school. Every day someone has to walk down here to get their water for the day. This small stream is also used for swimming, bathing, washing clothes, dishes and cars, and for their drinking water.
This woman uses her leg as the wash board as she does her laundry.
Our two studly sister drivers are on the left. Sister Cook and Liz are enjoying the beautiful countryside.
All of a sudden the sky let loose with quarter size raindrops. We all ran for the cars.
We drove to the school/orphanage and were met by the students and inhabitants. These cute kids sang us a song as loud as they could because of the beating raindrops on the metal roof.
I admire these helpers so much. They help these kids to learn and have a semi-normal family life.
Driving back it was raining so hard that we were worried that the streams would be too full to cross. Interesting that the woman outside was drenched to the bone yet she was wearing a shower cap.
With the rain came swollen creeks and lots of mud!
This creek was much fuller, but we made it across safely.
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