My Visit with John Bul Dau day 2

Today John woke me up early, because "there is something that you might want to see". It turned out to be the sunrise. We sat in front of his house and watched the sun rise over the trees. Here is what it looked like:

Today he said that we were going to see the medical clinic that he had started in his home village. He showed me around the clinic. While I was at the clinic I met Dr. Reed. He was very friendly and welcoming. John said that the clinic had just been started up recently. He told me about how he raised money for the clinic. He also told about how before the civil war, life was good and everything was okay. But then the civil war came, and the country never really came back from that war. John said that he thought clinics to help keep people healthy was the only way to get the country back on track for recovery from the war. After we had visited the clinic, we just walked around town, and I took it all in. When we saw things that were new to me, John explained. We came upon one woman who appeared to be cooking milk. I asked John why she was doing that, and he told me that she was making Pluumata. He said that it is a food -- a spicy mix of herbs, pickled vegetables and milk (usually goat's milk). That night John made me Herisa for dinner. It is another type of vegetable stew. John put some sweet spices on his, but I didn't like the smell of them so I didn't.