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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

I saw a giraffe today, what did you see?

Hey everybody, quick post since I don't have much time before we start the drive to the build site. The work on the homes is going well. After the first day, we only had 1/2 of a house done, so things were looking bleak. I'm happy to report that we now have 3 completed homes. I'm not able to get pictures up right now, so you will have to wait until I get home, but they look great. The house mother came by for a visit toady and she was shown the home she will be living in, which we had just completed. She loved it and was very excited to move in. We met one of the orphans that may be living in one of the homes, and it broke all of our hearts. He was so cute, but looked so scared and lost. He lives with his grandmother now, but if he is moving into one of the houses, it must not be a good home environment. Today we saw a huge pack of baboons on the side of the road, there must have been 30 of them. Even though I know where we are, to see something like that amazes me. Last night on the drive up the mountain to our camp, we came across 3 giraffe right in the road. These huge animals were no more than 20 feet from our car. It was dark, so none of us could get a picture to come up, but it was awesome. We see a herd of wildebeast everyday and today we saw impala. Yesterday we were mere feet away from hitting a kuzu, which is like an elk. When we go to our camp it is dark, so we watch for eyes on the side of the road. In the morning, when we head down, the sun is just coming up, but we always see animals. I'm not positive of the spellings, so if you try to look them up, good luck. We are working in the town of Zebadilia, try to find that. Again, might not be spelling it correctly. We have 2 game drives coming up, so I'm excited about that and we hope to finish the remaining 2 homes on Wed. Wish us luck.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's good to hear from you. It all sounds so amazing! Keep the info coming.
Love You,
Vickie