After a week and half of typing, reviewing digital interviews and finalizing our recommendations, Ron and I turned in our Kenya report to the Area Presidency on 29 December. The next day we we drove 30 minutes northwest of Johannesburg to a wildlife preserve.
With a CD narration in our car, we viewed zebras and other herbivores grazing across a hillside, then through four enclosures shaded by trees and bushes where we were awed by groups of lions. In the main entrance park area we fed grass pellets to ostriches and giraffe. The giraffe are gentle creatures which nuzzle one's hand for food and have long dark blue tongues. The native animals of Africa are preserved in parks such as these across the continent.
Notice the skyline of Johannesburg in the background behind the grazing zebras. We noticed the companionship of various animals hanging out with one another, like ostriches with giraffe and impala and stork-like birds practically sitting on Gemsbok.
What beautiful pictures! You two look wonderful, too, constant sunshine is good, hey? I loved hearing about the African food, ABC. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting. A different Christmas than usual huh? Hope your new year is loaded with exciting things to do and see. Love the pic, especially of the people. Say hi to Ron. J Gatten
ReplyDeleteAwesome pictures! I can't believe that you got to be so close to an animal bigger than a moose! Your mission pictures are already better than all of mine, an old statue of Lenin doesn't compare at all to lions and zebras!
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