Day 8

We were invited to attend a church service at Shara Peninsular which meant that we had to catch a boat across the river to their village. The boat was meant to arrive at 8am but after an hour of waiting it finally came. It took 15minutes to reach the village and the locals greeted us with singing and dancing as we got off our boat. After a steep walk up the hillside we were welcomed into their church. There was a large number of people attending and we were struck by the party atmosphere that was present in there. During the service there was a exchanging of gifts between Yvonne and a lady who was helped before when the previous group visited. Yvonne also presented the church with a cheque so that they could rebuild their church. They were proudly showing off their plans for this which starts next week. As a sign of appreciation the members of the church provided the group with a buffet lunch which was very unexpected. We were shown around their village and plenty of pictures were taken. We then returned to our accommodation for a much needed shower and rest.