Oh man. I dont think I can make another trip to Bongolo. 1. We were about 2 hours into the trip when our battery caught a box on fire in the back of the van. 2. one more hour left on the trip and a front tire blew out. 3. we were driving back from dinner and our van got stuck going up the driveway, taking an hour to get unstuck. But... we got there.

The reason that we were at the Hospital was for a prayer retreat, and to seek which ministry God is leading us to this summer. I feel like I want to do so much. Ill be doing the Hope House, the medical clinic and also would like to help start a physical rehab center. I'm really hoping to see that get running.

While at the Hospital we got to get a tour. We saw things that broke my heart for the people. An HIV positive mother and son, a mother watching her baby slowly die of kidney failure, a big line of people needing optical care etc. Yet it was awesome to see christian doctors and nurses treating those needing Christ. While we were there we got to watch a surgery on a gangrene leg. The man had an infected foot, went to the witch doctor who put it in boiling water which made it get more infected. they were trying to save the leg and were planning on doing a skin graft the next day.

We got to go caving while we were there. It was pretty sweet. I thought for a while we were going to be lost. A few times we had to crawl on our hands and knees in mud.

The ride home was a killer. We left at 630 and got home at 530. The roads are so messed up.

Anyway. Tomorrow I'm going to the Hope House. It'll fun to hang out with the kids again.