An important decision in the making

As we departed from Freetown to begin our journey in-country, we had finally made it out of high volume traffic and were on open road when Abu quickly guided us to the side of the road where he offered us our first stretch break.  Traffic moved at high speeds with horns blaring  past us while Abu and our new best friend changed our tire. A young man from across the highway had come to the rescue by not only bringing a tire iron with which to jack up the van but he also crawled under the vehicle to set the jack.
After the tire was changed, our young new friend went back across the road and return with a special offer. "Would you like to purchase a tire iron to carry on your journey?" A discussion of terms and finances were properly conducted and an important decision was made. Abu and Matilda sealed that deal and we were soon on our way to Kono Disrtict via Bo.
As the journey grew longer and longer, and the time grew later and later, we sang songs to keep our minds off the bouncing in back of the van, the knees that felt locked in one position and at times we were concerned about the lateness of the night.  We passed many villages without even being aware they were there because of the darkness.  Once again Abu needed to pull over...our tire was flat.  We were blessed by God's guidance as Abu had gotten the tire repaired in Bo when had stopped for lunch and Matilda had wisely purchased the tire iron.  A day we will never forget.