Atlas Mountains

Pslam 149:4a For the Lord takes delight in his people.

After an extended string of days in the Atlas Mountains, I am left more certain than ever this verse rings true.  I feel so energized and encouraged by God's love for his people it's hard to begin to place something this big into words, but I will try!  Originally our team planned to stay one night in the mountains, but that quickly changed to four.  I feel more than privileged to get experience our glorious God’s creation of the Atlas Mountains; trekking in through, and around the mountains and rivers. Although it was surreal, I am left more captivated by our God's unique creation and love for the Berber tribes.  Before we even got out of our vehicles, I knew this was a special culture.  Children flocked from the rocks and fields just to wave at our passing cars.  Nearly everyone we passed, whether in the field working or riding along side the road on a donkey was overjoyed by our passing.  Not to mention the two homes who allowed us to stop in for tea and bread.

A small town in the middle of the Atlas

At the end of our first day of travel we stopped for the night to get some rest in a small mountain town.  A team member and I were two minutes into our walk of exploring the town before we were stopped by two guys we will call Hammu and Shane. Shane was a friendly tourist from England, and Hammu was a local Berber. After hearing many stories from Shane about the numerous villages and paths that exist off the map that Hammu had led him to. We felt we couldn't pass up the opportunity to interact with more Berber's and nomads.  We tried planning a few different routes to get to some of these unengaged areas, but since they weren't on our map we weren't sure how we would get through.  Luckily for us Hammu offered to journey with us for the next few nights to take us to this villages!  Are first night with Hammu  was incredible.  The highlight came when we were able to share the gospel with Hammu from creation to Christ around the camp fire.  Besides the small viper snake beneath my tent the following morning, things couldn't have been better! Pray for Hammu, pray the Holy Spirit reveals the truth to him!

"Hammu"

The next week for our team will consist of traveling through a couple countries to reach our next destination. Please pray safety over our vehicles, health, and for divine appointments where Christ's love can be revealed!