Life is difficult, days consumed by the efforts to provide subsistence for their families. Women work hard beyond the imagining of those of us who live with the technological blessings of the West. Children have no schooling available to them, as there are no teachers, because there is no pay. Assistance will have to start at the bottom rung of the development ladder. We have heard that some of the local evangelists have been beaten and chased out of villages.
Social governance is through village chiefs in widely scattered communities.
The king's authority, however, is absolute. If he gives us permission to preach Christ, no villages will be closed to the gospel. We will go to see the king at the end of our workshop. We have sent word that we are coming. We wish to walk with him.