The View From Here – Photos of Africa

Good Bye
Africa

Our time in
Africa was amazing! The last three months have proven to be beautiful, amazing, invigorating, rough, frustrating, eye opening, and inspiring. I learned a lot about my self, living in community, love, other cultures, and the Lord. The country was inviting, the people lovely and hungry and open.
  Even though we did not have a large travel radius while in
Southern Africa, the country and the places proved to be diverse.
  It has inspired me to explore the north a bit more some day as well as research African history more.

As we spent three months in Africa it does seem a bit strange to be out of the continent, but I am excited for what
Asia has for us.

 

Dodge Ball!

Momelodi – A squater camp of 2 million – one of the largest in S Africa

Cape Town

Botswana

Brooke, Gina, and Me spotting a girrafe at the Nature Reserve Park

Painting Noah Ark Murral. Yes I did realize that the cow was scarry and the kids would want to run away and cry — so it was repainited as you can see below.

Jessie and Brooke teaching a class at the international school. We let the kids try on our back packs of all our belongings for the year. They were impressed.

The “Hippo Pool” a man fishing with his daughter.

My favorite African Bird!

Bye Africa! You will be missed.

1 Chronicles 16:28-34

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations,
       ascribe to the LORD glory and strength,

 ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name.
       Bring an offering and come before him;
       worship the LORD in the splendor of his ^[
d] holiness.

  Tremble before him, all the earth!
       The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
       let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”

  Let the sea resound, and all that is in it;
       let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them!

 Then the trees of the forest will sing,
       they will sing for joy before the LORD,
       for he comes to judge the earth.

  Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
       his love endures forever.