How far would you walk?

An aerial view of what the mountains in this area can be like. We have some with even more rapid elevatin changes

I have recently been teaching some guitar classes at a worship conference that is in the area . I am there three times a week for two hours. Not that big of a deal for me I spend maybe a few hours a week preparing the lessons for the classes and then the two hours actually teaching the classes. I drive there because I can't carry two guitars on my bicycle, and so it takes me about seven minutes to get there. Not a huge effort or sacrifice on my part. Not so for one of my students, as I recently found out, he walks every day for an hour to get to Pena Blanca. Now the conference has been going on for three weeks now and there is something every weekday and every weeknight. The days usually consist of workshops and instrument lessons, and the nights are teachings. This kid in my class has been there every day and every night. Which means that not only does he walk an hour in the mornings but he walks an hour at night in the dark through the jungle up the mountain behind Pena Blanca in order to get to his village San BuenaVentura. To say the least I was impressed byt this kids committment, and it made me think: Have I ever wanted to do something to such a large degree that I would walk two hours a day to do it? Not only does this kid walk to Pena Blanca but he also comes to the guitar classes even though he will have to share a guitar with several other students. When was the last time I did something eventhough I didn't have every resource necessary? I am not ripping every one who drives to work ( I very often drive to work here), I was just rather impressed, as were others, this story has a happy ending. Some of the people who organized this conference are giving this young man a guitar.