September 13 (morning)
Verse for this week; John 13:14 “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” I am here to serve and I am just beginning to see all the ways that I can serve the people around me.
I called my parents last night and they asked me why I disappeared for a couple of days. I was without Internet from Wednesday to Friday morning. I think that is really funny considering where I was. We were staying in a really beautiful hotel with showers that were clean and worked, but more importantly, A/C.
The Snider’s’ gave me a treat. They took me to South Africa to go to Krueger Park! It was the coolest thing I have done. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it is a national park that you pay to drive through and can see all the animals that live in Africa. The neat thing about the park is that you are never guaranteed to see anything but as we are pulling through Steve asked me, “What do you want to see the most?” I wanted to see an elephant and a hippo. We pulled about one hundred yards into the park and there were giraffes standing right next to the road. Those are amazing animals! We pulled up about another hundred and there was a herd of elephants with their babies. It was the coolest thing!
I could go on and on about all the animals that we saw but I will just attach some pictures. There is one funny story though. The car that the Snider’s have is a van so the windows don’t open up in the back and you are not allowed to get out of the car so we were opening the sliding door and taking pictures. There was one opportunity though that there was a giraffe really close and on the other side of the van so Steve said, stand up through the sunroof. Sergio, a friend of the Snider family, had done it so I though no problem. I was trying to hurry and once I got up I thought Steve was accidentally closing the roof. So I asked him to stop trying to close it (in a not so quite voice). They kept saying, just take the picture. Needless to say, the whole was not a big as I had expected it, the giraffe started to run and my “dismount” was not a graceful as it could have been either. Either way, it was some good entertainment for the whole family.
We are now on our way to Nampula, the final destination. It will take us 5 days to get there. We are driving so I have a couple prayer requests. I would appreciate prayer for safe travels, patient and loving words to be passed, a servants heart, and homesickness. I miss you all so much and think of you often. Thank you for the prayers already said and for the ones you will say. I am so blessed to have you at home praying for this journey!
Verse for this week; John 13:14 “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” I am here to serve and I am just beginning to see all the ways that I can serve the people around me.
I called my parents last night and they asked me why I disappeared for a couple of days. I was without Internet from Wednesday to Friday morning. I think that is really funny considering where I was. We were staying in a really beautiful hotel with showers that were clean and worked, but more importantly, A/C.
The Snider’s’ gave me a treat. They took me to South Africa to go to Krueger Park! It was the coolest thing I have done. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it is a national park that you pay to drive through and can see all the animals that live in Africa. The neat thing about the park is that you are never guaranteed to see anything but as we are pulling through Steve asked me, “What do you want to see the most?” I wanted to see an elephant and a hippo. We pulled about one hundred yards into the park and there were giraffes standing right next to the road. Those are amazing animals! We pulled up about another hundred and there was a herd of elephants with their babies. It was the coolest thing!
I could go on and on about all the animals that we saw but I will just attach some pictures. There is one funny story though. The car that the Snider’s have is a van so the windows don’t open up in the back and you are not allowed to get out of the car so we were opening the sliding door and taking pictures. There was one opportunity though that there was a giraffe really close and on the other side of the van so Steve said, stand up through the sunroof. Sergio, a friend of the Snider family, had done it so I though no problem. I was trying to hurry and once I got up I thought Steve was accidentally closing the roof. So I asked him to stop trying to close it (in a not so quite voice). They kept saying, just take the picture. Needless to say, the whole was not a big as I had expected it, the giraffe started to run and my “dismount” was not a graceful as it could have been either. Either way, it was some good entertainment for the whole family.
We are now on our way to Nampula, the final destination. It will take us 5 days to get there. We are driving so I have a couple prayer requests. I would appreciate prayer for safe travels, patient and loving words to be passed, a servants heart, and homesickness. I miss you all so much and think of you often. Thank you for the prayers already said and for the ones you will say. I am so blessed to have you at home praying for this journey!
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