Safari

We had a wonderful time on safari, except for the fact that 4 people got sick the second day. The first day we went to Lake Manyara. There we saw giraffes, elephants, monkeys, antelope, hippos, dik-diks, and a variety of birds, flamingoes, and guinea fowl.

We spent the night at the Bougainvillea Resort. It was very lovely and had an outdoor swimming pool. John, Sametta, and Ricky decided to go swimming right after we got there. It was not a heated pool, so it was quite CHILLY. They didn't stay in too long!

When 4 members of the team woke up the next day, feeling quite poorly, we assumed it was food poisoning, we just didn't know the source. We didn't know if it was the boxed lunches we had on the first day of safari, or the dinner at the hotel. So those 4 team members didn't enjoy the 2nd day as much, but they hung in there like troopers.

The second day we went to the Ngorongoro Crater, which is a caldera (sunken volcano). We took lots of pictures. We were blessed to see the BIG FIVE, which include the hippo, cape buffalo, lion, cheetah, and rhinocerous. We learned later that it is rare to see them all in one day so we were excited that we were able to see them all.

We returned that evening to Steve's house, tired, dusty, and exhausted, and some still sick. We enjoyed a light dinner of cheese quesadillas and delicious homemade chocolate chip cookies made by Scola. We will miss her tremendously. Steve is indeed blessed to have her help with running the household.

That night during devotions we talked about the wonder of God's creation and how wonderful it is to see the animals in their natural habitat and to see how the circle of life as planned by God is so perfectly choreographed. We saw a pack of hyenas munching on a dead punda-milia (zebra) and birds that perched on the giraffes and other animals, feeding on their parasites. God has it all perfectly figured out.

We look forward to sharing our trip pictures with everyone. Steve is right now loading them all on a CD for us to take home with us.