Among "First Things First"

Among the "first things first" when arriving in the village is making the rounds to greet the village chief (dugutigi) and the elders. Usually this meeting occurred in the greeting hut, but this trip, because of heavy rains that had occurred in August, many of the mud huts had disintegrated and would not be rebuilt until the dry season came again.

Consequently, the greetings took place outdoors under a shade tree. By now, the dugutigi and his brothers (the elders) are familiar with us, and so the greeting time is less formal than it had been for the first few visits, and we have enjoyed many times of laughter with them.

During our time in K'Village, at the invitation of the chief and elders, we made daily visits to their courtyards when they would teach us many things about their culture, and in turn, they asked us to teach them not only about our culture, but more importantly, about our God and His Word.