... Climbing the "Hill" to the "Castle" ....

(Catch Up Time)

During our Christmas travels ,we met up with some friends here in South Asia-
and we decided to go hiking one day.


Their kiddos called it "Climbing the 'Hill'"- and at the top there was an old fort which they lovingly referred to as the "castle"- so fun!

It was a beautiful day with perfect weather- not too hot and not too cold.


Along the way, they were doing some work on the pathway so we ran into some of these ladies.
The crazy part is that the men will work the machinery, etc... but these women (in their sarees- please notice) will fill these pans up with dirt and hall it (on their head & with kids in tow) down the hill to wherever "fill" was needed.
Pretty amazing!

We also saw these two little guys just hanging out-
probably from the neighborhood village at the bottom of the hill.
Their facial expressions are priceless :)


I love spending time outside with these two!
Watching them walk hand in hand melts my heart.


WE MADE IT!
Here is the "castle"

It was really neat-
it's a pretty large abandoned building overlooking so much of the city,
a wide open cleared area in front (where the kids had a blast playing),
and lots of little paths behind the building that you could go exploring on.

Levi was in the carrier for the hike up, so he was in his glory running "free" on top of the "Hill"




LEVI: "I found something for you!"
Me: "What is it this time?- A raisin? a bug? a rabbit dropping?!?!? "
- No worries, this one is just a rock.


(However... As we went exploring around the castle, I watched Levi bend over to pick something up... as I got a little closer to analyze the situation ... Oh yes, sure enough it was a little round rabbit poo! YUCK!!!
Thank the Lord for some hand sanitizer :))

More stories to come....

Thanks for making the climb with us!
If you have time- Please pray today for these women who work hard day in and day out- that the Lord would draw their hearts to Him and that they would in turn teach the LOVE of Christ to these children...
A love that is more powerful than any adversity they could ever face.