Mozambique Trip Journal
Monday, March 27, 2006
Kruger National Park
We made it safely back from our mini-vacation safari in South Africa this evening Saturday). Friday afternoon we left for Komatipoort, the town where our amazing guest house was located. The cabins were beautiful, so luxurious it was like a dream. Besides the lovely accommodations, we had running hot water available for showers. That was a treat to many!
At 5:15 am we met the tour guides and safari trucks with sleepy eyes and great hopes. With a very early start, we were on our way to Kruger National Park. It was quite a chilly morning in the safari truck with our hour-long drive to one of the entrances of the Park. There is so much to tell you about what we saw and experienced, that this message will not do it justice. Our safari was wonderful and the photos and stories we will tell you later hopefully will make you want to come to Mozambique, just to have a mini-vacation at Kruger National Park. By the way, none of our photos will be as amazing as Joanna’s. Her images of the giraffes, and elephants and the sole lion we saw are incredible. We will show them to you when we get a chance!
Here are only a few responses to our highlights from our mini-vacation to South Africa:
Jamesie: Seeing God’s creative work and order in nature at Kruger. How can anyone look at a boulder perched precariously on a larger boulder and not believe in a creative, yet maseterful God?
Joanna: the baby giraffe. He was so cute!
Gail: Seeing the awesomeness of the animals in the habitat that God created. It is way different than what He put in our country. (Another highlight was the guest house!)
Ernie: Watching this young guy lose his cookies after being in the park all day. I walked up just as he bent over. I was the first one in our vehicle to see the first giraffe and the first elephant. That’s always exciting for me to be first. Oh, then seeing the lion towards the end of our tour when we weren’t expecting to see one after all that time. Finally looking at the banana tree farm along the way back to the guest house – it was just interesting to see.
Joan: Seeing the lion. I’ve never seen one in its natural habitat, so that was cool.
Well, we are starting our day at the church at Iris Ministries. We hope to spend some time with the orphans and then have another time of prayer at Steve & Rachel’s local church. We hope to write again soon!
At 5:15 am we met the tour guides and safari trucks with sleepy eyes and great hopes. With a very early start, we were on our way to Kruger National Park. It was quite a chilly morning in the safari truck with our hour-long drive to one of the entrances of the Park. There is so much to tell you about what we saw and experienced, that this message will not do it justice. Our safari was wonderful and the photos and stories we will tell you later hopefully will make you want to come to Mozambique, just to have a mini-vacation at Kruger National Park. By the way, none of our photos will be as amazing as Joanna’s. Her images of the giraffes, and elephants and the sole lion we saw are incredible. We will show them to you when we get a chance!
Here are only a few responses to our highlights from our mini-vacation to South Africa:
Jamesie: Seeing God’s creative work and order in nature at Kruger. How can anyone look at a boulder perched precariously on a larger boulder and not believe in a creative, yet maseterful God?
Joanna: the baby giraffe. He was so cute!
Gail: Seeing the awesomeness of the animals in the habitat that God created. It is way different than what He put in our country. (Another highlight was the guest house!)
Ernie: Watching this young guy lose his cookies after being in the park all day. I walked up just as he bent over. I was the first one in our vehicle to see the first giraffe and the first elephant. That’s always exciting for me to be first. Oh, then seeing the lion towards the end of our tour when we weren’t expecting to see one after all that time. Finally looking at the banana tree farm along the way back to the guest house – it was just interesting to see.
Joan: Seeing the lion. I’ve never seen one in its natural habitat, so that was cool.
Well, we are starting our day at the church at Iris Ministries. We hope to spend some time with the orphans and then have another time of prayer at Steve & Rachel’s local church. We hope to write again soon!
KimiStar, 3:11 PM
