Two weeks now I've been in South Africa. As suspected, it will be completely impossible to describe my experience here in a way that will do it justice, but I figured that shouldn't stop me from writing anything for you all to read. South Africa is a gorgeous country. The rugged landscape is so primitive and the animals seem to almost be mystical as I've only ever read them in story books. Obviously my blogs will be behind some as I will not have Internet access much at all to update at a regular time.
Seeing as my mission doesn't start for two days, as it's currently August first, I will give you a super quick rundown of what I've done in this hemisphere so far.
I came here two weeks ago with my friend Shaun, after a brief stop in London to visit some good friends and see the Lion King musical. We stayed in Cape Town for about five days and did the typical tourist stuff there. We went up Table Mountain, hung out at Camps Bay, drove out to Cape Point, Kirstenbosch Gardens, and Great White Shark Diving!!! That was quite the experience!
We flew to Johannesburg and picked up Tim, and stayed with my friend Lizelle at her beautiful home for a couple of days. Then me and the boys came here to Kruger National Park to go on a five day safari - half in a private game reserve and half in the main Kruger park. We saw so many animals and gorgeous sunsets and sunrises. Some of the favorite animas have been hyena, elephant, giraffe, penguins, and lion. God's creation is absolutely spectacular and seems to be more evident here, in the park, where everything is seemingly untouched!
I've had a wonderful time so far and it's hard to believe that the boys will be leaving me in a day and a half as my entire trip is just almost half over.
As for Swaziland, im excited to meet teammates, and actually get to know some of the local people here. Still not exactly sure what I'll be doing, but it'll be a great experience. Thanks for the prayers. They're working!
Until next time, God bless.
No comments:
Post a Comment