In September, I was part of a team from Gideons International, nine Americans and one Briton, which visited Lesotho, a tiny country wholly surrounded by South Africa.
Meeting in Johannesburg, we took the short flight to Maseru, capital of Lesotho. We were greeted by a team of local Gideons, headed by the national director, Dr Moeti, who is also director of the Scripture Union. From there we drove to the remote district of Qacha’s Nek.
Lesotho is a beautiful country and the highest in the world, in that its lowest point is 3,500ft above sea level. From there, mountains soar up to 10,000ft or more. The country seemed very sparsely populated, with just a few villages of round huts and an occasional ‘head boy’ or herdsman with his flock of sheep or goats, cattle or donkeys, the latter being used extensively for transport in the remote mountain areas.
