You Need Stamina to Celebrate With the Lisu

Many of the Lisu people are Christian. On Sunday we were invited to go to church with the Lisu family that works here on the farm. Their church is a house church that meets in the nearest village to here. They are a very welcoming group of people. The church invited us to join them for some Christmas caroling on Monday and Tuesday evening. They go caroling each year to raise money for their Christmas festivities. We were happy to have the opportunity to participate in some of the local Christmas celebrations, and we agreed to join them. We had no idea what we were getting in to. We caroled from seven pm to four am two nights in a row. We are exhausted. The girl who is WWOOFing here with us just described the experience in an email to her friend as "Silent Night, Holy Crap". It was a good experience. We were able to see how the Lisu live. Many of their homes have walls made from woven bamboo and roofs made from elephant grass. We were able to go inside some of the houses. They use very little furniture or decoration. It was nice to be able to spend time with the church members who were caroling with us.

We are invited to the Christmas party tonight. Who knows how late that will go, but at least this time we will be able to catch a taxi back to the farm when we start to feel ready for bed.