A Relaxing Day In Aizawl

After three or four days of messed up plans, long road trips, etc., we finally had a restful day here in the "city on a hill." Aizawl is literally that, built on the side of a steep mountain. How steep, you may ask? Try this... if you are looking at your neighbor's house directly across the street, you are most likely looking at the fourth or fifth story of their house! It's amazing that anyone would build a city in a place like this.

We started our day with a great brunch prepared by Joyful. She is still as good a cook as ever, and after three years, still remembered some of my favorites. After relaxing at the house for a few more hours, Paul took the four of us out to town to do some shopping. We spent the rest of the afternoon picking up a few items here and there, and doing some exploring of the town.

Tonight, after dinner, David and Timothy from the 2006 choir, came over to hang out for a while.

So, the day was quite relaxing... a much needed rest, too.

Tomorrow morning, we will head out for Khawlien, a very remote village about eight hours drive from here. We will be in the "hills" until next Thursday, so I will not be able to post any updates for the next week. I will, however, try to keep a journal of our time there and post it when we get back.

It should be a great experience... We will be some of the first white people to visit some of these areas. One of the places we are visiting is the village where the Gospel first came to the Hmar tribe almost 100 years ago.