Day Trip To Lubondai
Lenore Murray 2013
Wow! What a day!
What can I say?
To see this station
we’d had to go a long way.
We got up really
early to get underway.
The sky turned
beautiful colors from multi shades of gray.
Only 105 kilometers-
by Congo standards- is very far away.
No
cars on the road so we-minus ,chickens, goats, ladies and bicycles-always had
the right of way.
The sand and mud in
the “road” often made driving the car the devil to pay!
Because Lubondai is
off the beaten track, no one had bothered to pave the way.
We all three knew we
would have deal with come what may
Slowly but surely
through the rough roads the car plowed away.
Villagers waved and
finally got out of our way.
When we had to stop
in a village- in the mirror of the hubcaps the kids did dance and play.
The palm, mango,
avocado, coffee and papaya trees in the gentle breezes did sway.
As if to welcome us
home- on our short day’s stay.
The village scenes-
that matched my memories- took my breath away.
Former homes and
Central School –not as bad as I feared-showed age and neglect’s decay.
The many Children and I sang “Jesus Loves Me” and
with other word game songs did play.
We had a lunch of our
picnic and the doctor and wife brought more foods as a buffet.
But we had a “get
home before dark or rain” schedule so we could not delay.
The day was an array
of memories that have now turned into a Special Bouquet!
Love Ya! Me
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