- kissed a giraffe (Allen the giraffe and I are good friends now)
- pet 3 baby cheetahs at Nairobi Animal Orphanage (we were let inside the cages...while they were feeding...oops?)
- snorkeled in the Indian Ocean (we saw 3 sting rays and lots of pretty fish, but our boat driver and crew were, shall we say, shady?)
- ridden a camel (they're much taller than they look)
- rafted the Nile River (not to mention that I choked and swallowed quite a bit of it)
- seen Lake Victoria (but refused to swim in it for a variety of health reasons...)
- been on safari and seen lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, rhinos, flamingos, hippos, hyenas, jackals, water buffaloes, giraffes...
- spent some sweet time with fellow short-termers serving all over Africa and had opportunities to encourage and pray for each other
And tomorrow, I head home to a country full of properly paved roads, high speed internet access, diet dr. pepper, and more fish tacos than I could ever want to eat.
Yeah...that's going to be a weird contrast.
your life is the first scene in the lion king when all those animals gather together to watch mufasa dangle simba from the top of pride rock. seriously. but, i mean, it's no big deal.
ReplyDeletealso, fish tacos, YUM.
i absolutely can't wait to see you!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely can't believe you're going home TOMORROW! (um, for you it's already today!) ... I know. That doesn't help. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteDo lots of journaling, lots of crying, and lots of praying. I'll have to give you a call once you're back and a little bit settled!
Waakh serrey kaassido! :)