We were scheduled to leave at 9 and ended up leaving at 11. We are heading in the Low Country with our first stop in a place called Avissawala where they have land to build a church. We had a van rented to take us around for our tour over the next 5 days. Here they hire a guy to drive the van and he stays in the same hotels with us for the entire time we need him. Luckily this guy is a cautious driver, because they thought it would be fun for me to sit in the front seat …..so that I could get all kinds of “good” pictures. The drive farther and farther out of Colombo was very interesting. The roads out there are about a lane and a half wide, yet somehow they can still get 3 vehicles across at the same time and that includes pedestrians on both sides…..not sure how but sometimes it can be very scary. The maximum speed that we hit was 60km/h. so we had to go about 50 or 60 KMs and it took us 2 hours.
We were to meet with a contractor so that he could price out a building. When we got there we found out that we had seen that contractor at the office on Monday so we just toured the site…which is just a lot, so not much to tour and of course the Bishop needs to get a picture of me standing with an empty lot of scrub behind me. We then met with the working brothers from the area and the Ap David and the bishop had some time with them.
At 5 we left for our 40 km trip out of the Low country into the Up country. First off, what they call the Low country is actually not that low at all, I think they call it that because its at the bottom to the Up country or the bottom of the hills. So off we go on narrow winding roads up into the mountains. I have to say that it is a beautiful country. As we got higher we started to see the Tea plants on the side of the hills which are quite high. We finally stopped at our hotel around 6:30. Did you get that? An hour and a half to go 40 km’s….. The “hotels” and buildings are called bungalow’s, and our was in a german theme. The unique thing about this hotel was that they have a large outdoor pool that sits on the side of the hills. We were out long enough and the clouds cleared enough for us to get an astronomy lesson from Ap David. It was nice to have a swim after a long day.
How are the mosquitos? Sleeping under nets in the bungalows? The tea you drink there is actually the lowest grade as they export their best product. Nonetheless, the tea is good. Wait until you receive your "6:00 AM Digestive Tea". This is to wake up your bowels. Enjoy and love to all who know us and especially to our Bishop and Apostle David. Thanks.
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