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Friday morning we left Korogwe. Our bus ride was going well until the bus was involved in an accident. George and I were in the back row of the bus and heard a loud bang all of a sudden. I thought it was a blown tire, but sadly it was another car. Apparently a car on the other side of the road lost control and began swerving all over the road. Our bus driver saw it and slowed down. The car hit the back of our bus and careened off the road, down and embankment, rolling several times. The cause seemed to be a flat tire. George and Alan walked down to the car and were saddened by what they saw. All four people in the car were severely injured. It seemed like a couple of them wouldn't make it. Their Toyota Land Cruiser was totaled. Some passerbys took the passengers of the car to the nearest hospital (in Korogwe which was an hour away) and we stayed until the police arrived. About 40 minutes later we were back on the road, praying for the injured and thanking the Lord no one on the bus was injured. It could have been a lot worse. We'll never know what happened to those people, but we pray they somehow made it.

We arrived in Moshi around 3:30 and booked rooms at the Lutheran Hostel. Then George arranged for our bus tickets to Nairobi. We leave Sunday at 11:00am. We'll arrive in Nairobi in the evening and head to Kisumu Monday morning. We hope to check on my residency paperwork in Nairobi before our bus leaves. Alan's plan leaves at 8:45 Sunday evening. Please pray for us as we travel back home.