So, My summer trip to Africa was primarily to meet my three sponsored children. And I have been saturated with amazing joy having now met all three. It is wonderful to know that only God could have brought our worlds together and joined us as family.
I have been in Zimbabwe for several days now and had the honor of meeting my Kudzunai and his mom, Patricia. Due to political unrest because of upcoming elections, I was unable to travel north to his village. So, World Vision brought him to me in Harare. Imagine being twelve years old and just riding in a car for the first time. I got to teach him how to roll down the window and, no, they were not electric. I introduced him to pizza and then a soccer ball was his chosen purchase. a grin smeared his face with joy for our entire visit. He speaks limited English so we did have a translator, speaking Shona. If he had a positive answer, he would smooch out his lips and then raise his eyebrows. I loved it! a tickle broke through his pleasant grin and burst into a full toothed smile which I will post when I have the capacity to do so. Internet here in Zimbabwe has been hit and miss.
But before I close, let me say that I landed in Victoria Falls this morning, stowed my luggage in a security room as I could not check into my cabin yet. hen I strolled to Victoria Falls, the mile long waterfall. "It is known as the smoke that thunders." It is sheer power and gloriously magical. I walked the entire guided path and enjoyed a perpetual cool mist . My return journey lead me around a corner and lo and behold, there was a wart hog. Further along the way, baboons. they just looked at me and carried on with their business as if they had seen me a million times, after all, people are people. But this "people" doesn't think that a baboon is just a baboon. or me it was too cool!
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