On Our Way Home

We have just returned from our safari and are sitting in Mary and Wallace Kamau's home preparing to head to the airport.

We had a fantastic couple of days seeing God's glorious creations....from giraffes, to lions, rhinos, zebras, hippos, crocodiles, wildabeasts, gazelles, elephants, cheetahs, leopards, and a whole host of smaller animals. Some of the favorites....

1. A pack of cheetahs (rare) and one jumped on the hood of a vehicle of other tourists in an open air vehicle. Talk about an experience there! One lady in that vehicle just lost it afterward. FYI, it is mating season in Kenya and the cheetahs proved it right in front of us!

2. Elephants running over the hill disturbing the sleep of 2 male lions. We now know who the real kings are as the lions were quick to hop up, run between our vehicles, and head into the bushes.

3. Leopard sleeping on a tree limb at least 40 feet above the ground. It was the first leopard pastor had seen and this is his 4th safari (same comment on the Rhino).

4. One van did not see the Rhino but that van saw a male lion eating a small zebra for dinner. Yum, yum.

5. A pack of 20 lions on our first trip out...what was neat is a large herd of wildabeasts was nearby and the scent of the lions had them completely skittish. They were sprinting back and forth and it was quite a site to see.

6. Our fisherman story for the safari....we witnessed 3 female lions stalking a herd of Zebras. One of the lions was no more than 25 yards from one of the zebras with the rest of the Zebras in a pack 50 to 100 yards away. We saw the lions start their crawl toward their prey....but they called off the attack. Probably because there were about 60 vehicles that were crowding around to watch and some (amazingly) got between the lions and their prey. That's when the lions retreated and I'm sure they eventually ate that morning in peace. So close to seeing the 'big one' but it got away. The Zebras love us tourists! LOL

We will be taking off from Kenya at about 5pm Boston time Wednesday and will be landing just shy of 24 hours later (after a long layover in London).

Please pray for safe travels. We'll see you soon!

The 2011 Kenya Team