Dumela Botswana

Where to begin?  The mission is a constant moving target of young energetic boistrous beutiful young people whom I adore.  I love my job. Each morning in that nanosecond we spend between sleep and awareness, I realize I am in Africa, and I am joyful for it (once I loosen up from this pitiful thing they call a mattress).  The energy and enthusiasm for life the young missionaries carry with them delights and inspires me everytime I'm with them.  They are constantly in motion; losing things, teasing each other, complaining to me of aches and pains, jumping and running and crashing bikes and cars, and filling my heart with each and every encounter.  They are a tight-knit brother- and sister-hood, they love the Lord, and they love me! The past two weeks have been full; we had transfers which is mayhem as 82 young people gather all their belongings, mix up their companionships, and move about the mission between two countries...                                    ...I lost my adorable br

 Over two days, we were most privileged to visit an eco-tourism lodge smack in the middle of Madikwe, the fourth largest game reserve in South Africa.  It's only about an hour's drive from the Botswana border but felt like another world.  We enjoyed two evening and two morning safari drives with one of the most experienced and skilled game rangers in this provincial park.  Each drive was 4-5 hours long in an awesome Land Rover where there were no bad seats nor views.  Our expert driver knew just where all the game were. He got us within 15 feet of carnivores where he turned off the engine, and we all sat quietly for 20 minutes or so in rapture at spectacular and varied wildlife in the bush, their natural habitat. What we saw...                                                                                           Cape Buffalo                                                   Ostrich. This guy was hilarious. After we drove away, we saw him in the rearview running down the roa