Out in the Village

This week we spent in the tiny village of Koutie. This small village has an Adventist church planted by the past missionaries here. It was real refreshing to be out in the fresh air. Although the guinea heans just about drove us nuts (Manny and I) we had a nice time. We were following a middle aged man in his daily activities part of the culture study. We got a taste of alot. We farmed, hunted, and looked for gold, and went to the market too. Hunting was especially neat, as we hiked out with a bunch of men into the grasslands, burning grass and trying to throw clubs at escaping birds and rabbits. On one of the two hunts everybody in the area came 40+ men and teens. Not much catch though. But real fun. Walking through the forest with our clubs (they gave Manny and I two each, although we were not that great, I threw one once only), felt like in a war, approaching the enemy. Kind of sobering to think about people that actually go through war, intense and suspenseful.
We ate alot, they are very generous and we got to know many new friends!