I caught a fish THIS big!

You know how some things that happen in life are so unbelievable that you wish you had the picture to prove it? Like the fish that was bigger than a small child or the bird so big that it could carry away a small bus? What about if you could've had the picture to prove it, but for some crazy reason - like say... you formatted your camera's memory card after 2 days of safari pictures - you don't have the picture.
Yes. I did. Ummm, oops? I was kinda bummed but I had to laugh. It was that or cry. I then remembered that in high school if you formatted your floppy disk, the computer nerds (no offense) could still get your info off it. I was hoping that would be the same for camera cards so I left it alone. That meant that on our last day of safari I would have no camera! Of course, I was with 4 other girls who all had their camera, but it's not the same if they are not your own pictures.
The formatting incident happened while we were sitting on an airstrip, waiting for the sunset. I think that God just wanted me to sit back and enjoy His creation with my own eyes instead of through a camera lens. I had that thought a couple of times during the day where I was madly taking pictures of the elephant family that was under 50 feet away from our van. After we rolled away, I realized that I hadn't even stopped to just watch them.
We headed out early the next morning for more sightseeing. What did we see? "Courting" cheetahs right along the road. And a male lion with a kill only about a soccer field away from us! Circling around him were about 20 hyenas. It was amazing!
I got to watch this all with my own eyes, not having to worry about if I was capturing it properly on film. The memory will stay in my mind forever - no formatting will ever take it away. . .


By the way, our computer guy at the compound recovered all my pictures. Praise the Lord!

Tempo

There are a few boys here at St. Nicholas that rap and write praise songs. I am blessed when I hear them and I want to share it with you too! I tried to post it, but me and technology don't click.

So if you are interested... go to YouTube and type in the keywords "tempo - st. nicholas" and "life is hard - ndahm" and you will see them in action. At first I liked the 'tempo' video better (because my backside made a cameo appearance), but when I really listened to the words of Life is Hard...

I cried.