Wacky Wednesday

Day 30

Today was an awesome day in Africa. This morning before The two groups left for Livingstone Ashley and I decided to wake up early and arrive at the Havens an hour and a half earlier than normal. I had so much fun playing with the babies in Haven 3. I had them all to myself. This morning I went to Sydney’s room where I sat in a chair next to her bed and talked with Rachel and Kelsey. The girls were so funny and wound up. I took lots of pictures and videos of them. Eventually Sydney got tired and so I held her till she fell asleep in my arms.

Once I put Sydney to bed I joined the rest of my group who had just arrived for a makeup therapy session. Because of our limited transportation we had to make two trips to Livingstone. The later group consisted of members that had gotten sick and missed therapy time, and needed to make it up. I didn’t need to make up any hours but I volunteered to stay behind and work with the kids. It was worth it. Playing with the children was fun. I worked with Jonathan, he was feeling much better today and back to himself. I also worked with Tigen, who fell asleep in my arms as well when we went to the play ground to play.

After our language session was over I got to feed Kelsey some shema and chicken, and after that it was time for us to leave. We headed back to the Hamby house for lunch and then loaded Kaki Jackie once Dr. Tullos arrived. The trip on the way to Livingstone was nice, apparently they just finished this nice road. When we got to Livingstone we quickly unpacked and then took a quick walk around the place to see what was nearby. We found some small shops and a grocery store and a burger and pizza place. After exploring we headed to a very nice lodge where they served us tea and desserts as we watched the sun set over the Zambezi river. It was so much fun, and there were also monkeys everywhere. Our table was attacked and they broke some china full of sugar packets.

After eating we walked around and took pictures of monkeys, friends, the river, and the sunset. It was an awesome evening. On the grounds there was a guard that had a slingshot that shot at the monkeys who got to close to the guests. What an awesome job. After high tea was over we headed to Victoria Falls to see the Moon rainbow over the falls. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen/experienced. The sun was completely down, but the moon was full and bright so we could walk around in the dark and see the falls and the rainbow. We got completely soaked but it was an amazing experience. The best part is that the group I was with went at just the right time where there was no one else out there but us because it was so cold and wet. It was incredible.

Once we were done running around in the wet, we huddled together to keep warm until it was time to leave. A lot of us got some great photos of the “Moonbow” in the falls. Tonight in Africa there is also a Lunar eclipse. It was awesome to see the moon slowly fade away and turn a dark red color. Tonight was something I will never forget. God is good.

After we got back to the motel, Tessa and I were starving and we ran into Dr. Tullos and Ian who were going to get food at the burger place that I mention earlier. So we joined them but ate at the pizza place. The pizza was great but afterwards we realized that there was an awesome two burgers for one deal at the burger place, and the special was called Wacky Wednesday! Which goes perfectly with our alliteration days of the week, so we were disappointed that we didn’t participate in Wacky Wednesday. O well. After eating pizza I watched the end of the lunar eclipse at the hotel pool and then headed for bed after a nice warm shower.

Thank you for all your prayers for safety. Please continue to pray for our safety as we travel around the Livingstone area.

Thank you.

God is good.

Ben