Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Great Journey

I finished climbing Kili yesterday and I made it up to Uhuru Peak!  Contrary to the advice of Andrew Boone, we walked all the way down yesterday. Only have 1 day left here in Africa, so I thought I would take it.

Climbing Kili was unbelievble, so beautiful and so peaceful. You go through a rainforest, then a short forest of short trees, then desert, back into the trees and then back up. You do a lot of up, then down. It helps you get acclimated, but it sure is tiring.

I took some altitude medicine and I ended up having no altitude sickness at all, even at 19430ft! It was so fun, I loved it and it was like the finishing touches to a great trip here in Africa. 6 weeks almost over and I feel like I lived well while on this trip, blessing people where I went and spending a lot of good time with God. Also my stay here in Arusha has been fantastic, I'm going with Max to small group tonight.

I'll be home Friday on the 4th of July, which is great because I'll be so happy to be back in America and everyone else will be happy to be in America too. Looking forward to it.

Last thing, I waited 1 hour on top of Kili for the sunrise, because we made it up quick and saw one of the best sunrises I've ever seen, feeling like I was on top of the world.

John