When we thought it couldn't get any better..........

     The past two days have been amazing, but in totally different ways. Each day held great emotion and was a demonstration of how great God truly is. Sunday we visited a Bible School and attended the morning church service. The praise and worship was all in Swahili but we have never felt so moved in our lives. The African people have a love for life and an even greater love for God. This love pours out through every song they sing and every step they dance. They have so few things and so many worries, yet they are more thankful and grateful than anyone we have met before. The entire congregation was singing and dancing along with the speakers and music provided. Without notice the electricity went out and without missing a beat they continued to worship as thought nothing had happened. This simple example is a pure demonstration of how little value they put on material things and what great value they put on the love of God.

      Today we were provided with the opportunity of taking a safari through the Serengeti. Little did we know that this time of year happens to be during the Great Migration. Minutes after entering the game reserve we spotted hundreds of thousands of Wilda-beast and Zebra. They covered the hills like cattle in Texas. We drove upon several families of giraffe, totaling about 20. We desperately wanted to see an elephant and we were blessed with finding two small families and one large heard with approximately 10 large and small elephants. Right as we were about to give up on spotting a lion, between two trees we found a female lion. She walked right toward our car and around the back. We had several minutes of gazing at her when we noticed she kept looking back at the trees behind her. We turned that direction to see what she was protecting and spotted a large male lion. He walked down to the nearby stream to get a drink and laid down to rest. We were within 5 feet of the female lion and 15 feel of the male lion. For everyone that wants to witness our safari, don't worry we took over 600 pictures and 3 hours of video.