Nkolbikon - Part 2

Nathan was in Nkolbikon for 3 nights and set up camp for us to join him. He bathed in the river with the guys and carried his own water up to the camp each day. He is pretty amazing and I'm positive that there will never be a picture of me doing this!


Here is what our camp looked like. Nathan dug a "potty" pit next to where he parked the truck and put up this structure for us to have our own private toilet and place to wash off. It was interesting to have the tire of the truck as our toilet paper holder. I was impressed too, even though I'm sure they thought we were crazy, they respected our privacy!

It rained our second day there. The river of mud ran right under a portion of our tent. Fortunately, only a little water got into the tent, but it was from the rain above, not coming from the muddy flood below.

We all were at least 2 inches taller and a couple pounds heavier with all the mud that stuck to our feet. Nandry, Boaz and Asher finally had enough and shed their shoes and went barefoot.

After sitting around watching the rain, the boys decided to play in the mud. The Baka kids had a little more sense then our boys, but it was entertaining nonetheless to watch Boaz and Asher slip and slide and get muddy hand prints all over each other. I wish I had a good picture of that!

After the rains stopped, and we were still sitting around, we got out balloons and they were a hit! It was so neat to see the splashes of colorful balloons amid all the brown mud.


The kids seriously had a great time. It was so good to see them enjoying the Baka kids. The thing that Nathan and I remark about this picture below, is Asher is 6 years old and the Baka boys he is walking with are probably more like 10 years old. It truly is amazing how big we are in comparison to the Baka.