Welcome to Magome

As I mentioned earlier, we were greeted like royalty. The town is long and thin along the top ridge of a mountain, so as we drove in one side of town excited people, cheering, singing, waving began to follow our bus. When we got to the church, everyone gathered into a circle and started singing and cheering - this kept going for a long time. Eventually, some of us started getting into the act. Here is a picture of Kay and Sandy dancing with the women of Magome.After the dancing and singing outside the church, we moved into the church and had a welcoming service. We were welcomed and presented with gifts. The planned service was longer, but was shortened due to darkness.

The next day was Sunday and we all went to church together. We were put in a place of honor in front of the church, next to the altar. Before the official church service started, we were again greeted and offered another gift - a basket. We were all excited, but Sandy was ecstatic. Below is a picture of us all on the alter after having been given our baskets. Notice Jack's special outfit with the wrap and turban.