Ministry Partners,
You would think that since today was a travel day and I Could sleep in that I would have done that but no, I was awake at 6:00am. After breakfast, we loaded up the van and departed on a long 3+ hour drive over roads that neither Alfred or Aaron had been on. About 2 ½ hours into our trip, all of a sudden, there were arches over the road stating Murchison National Game Park with gates blocking the entrance and a small building to the side.
Aaron spoke to the man at the gate and told him we did not plan to visit the park that we do prison ministry and the town where we were going. The gate man said it did not matter, this was the only road to where we were going and we would have to pay so Alfred went inside with our passports and came out saying we had to pay for the van and all three of us……$200. We do not do go on game park tours as we do not have time and they are too expensive. However, sometimes we travel on roads just alongside a park and are able to see some of the animals like a few years ago in Kenya when we saw Rhino’s up close to the road we were on.
We watched him eating his lunch!
We did not have a choice today so off we went in the blistering heat. I think God knew we need a special blessing today as we have been working really hard. In the beginning, we saw Black & White Monkeys and Baboons and after about an hour, driving so slow and seeing nothing God blessed us as we began to see all kinds of animals even though it was in the heat of mid-day. Hippos in a river – one with her baby, Kopi, Gazelles, Antelope, Water Buffalo s in ponds of water, Wart Hogs, Giraffes and two different small groups of Elephants, one under a tree. There was a roadside dirt bank that blocked our view a bit so Alfred got on top of the car for some photos of them but as we started to drive away I looked back and saw a huge elephant running down a nearby slope with his ears flapping as he ran towards the small herd. Aaron stopped the van and we all watched until he disappeared behind the dirt bank. Aaron has eyes like a hawk and helped us see things before we ever drove up on them. We saw many small animals but I do not know their names.
As I looked at the animals, I kept praising God for the amazing animal creations he gave us to enjoy today.
After leaving the game park, we drove to Nebbi and were blessed to find rooms for two nights, as there are only two hotels here. We will be here for two nights because we have crusades to do in the area.
Tomorrow we do a prison in the area about an hour away. This will be a short post tonight. I’m off to shower and bed.
Thanks friends for continuing to pray for the salvation of the prisoners and for us.
That none would be lost,
Arlene
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