This weekend Dahlia and I decided it was finally time to
leave Kafule for the night and make our first trip to the big city of
Mbeya. What a long day it has been. The truck leaves from Lupembe (a town about a
30 minute walk from our house) at 3:00am.
Which meant that we were up at 2 and walking by the light of the moon
and flashlights to the truck stop (the moon was full last night though which
was such a blessing!! I have never seen a moon that bright!) We made it to the truck stop and got on. Thankfully we had called ahead and reserved
seats in the front so we didn’t have to sit in the back of the truck, but it
was still a very bumpy and dusty ride.
Anyway, 4 and a half hours later we made it to the paved roads and the
city of Mpemba where we got off the truck and onto a bus for the remaining
three hours of our trip. We made it to
Mbeya around 10:30. We had called Kita
to ask him if we could take him out to dinner while we were in the city. He decided to meet us at the bus station and
stay with us the whole day! He showed us to our hotel, to the market, the
grocery store, and the shopping area. It
was great!! We were able to get a bunch of spices, bread, mango, soy sauce!! We
were like kids in a candy store all day, so amazed at all of the options we had!!
And the hotel has running water so I got to take my first real shower in a
month, what a blessing! It has been a long day! But I am feeling very
accomplished for making it here… now we just have the journey back home. But Kita is coming in the morning to see us
off so we should make it on the right bus which will at least get us the first
half of the way home.
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