Headed for the mountains

A group of us travelled 6 hours north last weekend on a quest to climb a mountain and visit some Liberians in ministry. Of course we took a ton of pictures, here are some of them..


We found a coffee shop owned by a Lebanese man about half way there. This random coffee shop in the middle of nowhere... but they had a bathroom:)

No, we didn't see any wild African animals. The extent of wild game was piglets and goats and chickens...oh, my. Our destination was Ganta, in Nimba county...
The friends of friends that we were visiting is the director, and his wife, of this Christian University that is being built. This school is going to be a beautiful asset to the village. They will offer students the ability to receive their 4-year degree in a variety of areas. They already have prospective students but are now waiting for government approval and money.From Ganta it is another 2-3 hour drive to the mountains... depending on road conditions. It's rainy season and this road was just washed out and impassable the week before. The only road connecting the villages.It was a good thing we had a 4x4 land rover and a very capable driver. If it wasn't for Lourens' driving we wouldn't have made it further. We didn't only make it but was able to tow some unfortunate taxis from the gooey mud.There's an old mining camp that was probably a great success before the war, at the foot of the mountains and we found these HUGE trucks. There was at least 6-8 huge pieces of machinery sitting here abandoned and rotting away. War makes a waste of everything.
We didn't hike as much as hoped for, not even close. But I'm grateful for the little bit that we did. Just enough to keep me wanting more.

Ahh, so beautiful...

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;

let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before him with thanksgiving

and extol him with music and song.

For the Lord is the great God,

the great Kind above all gods.

In his hand are the depths of the earth,

and the mountain peaks belong to him.

Come, let us bow down in worship,

let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

psalm 95:1-6