Mills writes on August 26th........

After church this morning I became a fire fighter. They burn the fields here at the end of the dry season. Today was way to windy, but two young boys did so anyways. Before church we saw a fire way of, probably 3-4 miles, and then after church it was about to swallow our garden. We battled it and didn't loose any crops, but our fence got destroyed! We ran and saved a few locals houses, all the roofs are thatch and the house literally burst into flames. We were able to direct the fire around the village and keep it going into the fields. I got some pictures, but I don't think they will do it justice. At one point Gabe and I were in a dense fog of smoke and we were surrounded by fire. We really thought we might have to run through fire to live! Haha but they we beat the fire with branches and made a path out. It was hot stuff though.