Safari Pictures!

These pictures aren't quite in order.

This is our crew, Leslie, me, Georgia, Mary and baby Hope, Peter and his friend, and now our friend, Ottie.

We stayed at Tangarie Lodge in these tents. This is an actual picture of the first morning when we woke up. Elephants were everywhere! It was so amazing.

We saw so many animals, amazing!

Today is Friday, how time has passed so quickly. I haven't posted since the visit to the orphanage on Wednesday. It was not an experience that I want to remember in detail, or that I would like to relive.

Yesterday was definitely a day to remember. We visited a Massai Tribe in a very remote area. They loved our visit, we sang, danced and worshipped together. 28 of them received Jesus yesterday into their hearts, and some received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. They are known for their bead work and present me and Georgia with special necklaces representing their love for us. It was very touching. Issaac, the Massai pastor, invited us into his hut to eat before we left. That was so sweet and giving! Here are a couple of pictures from yesterday. Today we are leaving for Terrenghetti, don't know about that spelling, for a two day safari, and are staying in tents for more of an experience. It's a safe experience, Mary and Peter have done it a couple of times before.

I'm having trouble uploading images, and will work on that when I get back. I possibly will start using Picasa.

Emmanuel Center

We visited the Emmanuel Center yesterday, ate with them, played soccer with them, sang with them, danced with them, and watched their dramas. What a difference God can make in lives. Driving in different areas of the city, I can see hardness and pain in men and women's eyes, hardness that harbors injustice, false religion, racism. And then in God's children's eyes, there's softness and love. As it was at the boy's home yesterday. Even though they all come from extreme hardships as children, and still struggle with the pain, there is much love in their hearts for each other, (there are 24 of them), and for others that come to visit. They live a very meager existence, but to have food and clothing and shelter with love means the world to them. Life doesn't consist of what we have, but what is in our hearts to give. Today we are visiting the orphanage, Kili Kids.

Sunday

We went to church this morning and it was so wonderful. It was an older gym setting, chairs with chipped paint in an older business area where many people gathered that love the Lord. I sat down in a chair in the back, and instantly a little girl in tattered clothes with a cough climbed in my lap. I held and rocked her for quite awhile, wondering which one the ladies was her mother. I found out later, while we were helping with the children's ministry, there are many orphans in that church. I would more than love to bring her home and surprise Bill! Wouldn't that be a surprise and wouldn't it be such a blessing to be that easy. To give a child with no home, a home with much love. I love the singing and listening to the language.

As I am typing this on Sunday afternoon, Georgia is giving a guitar to the worship leader that she brought that was donated for this trip. He is a man with a testimony that I want to hear, the Lord literally saved his life as a child through Christians. He and his siblings were severely beaten often.

Yesterday we went to a waterfall, and then to tea at a restaurant/hotel. The flowers and trees are so beautiful here, more beautiful than anyplace I've seen. Bird of Paradise, Angel Trumpets, Lantana, most of these grow wild. There's a tree called the Flame Tree, huge with massive red flowers all over. Here are some pictures of yesterday. I've tried making it easier to post comments.