Africa Journal Posting 10
Out of Africa
A million times better today... thanks for the prayer.
Today we leave this amazing country. We leave behind dozens of new friends that have all left a deep impact on us. Each in their own special way. I am torn with an Asian Heart in Hong Kong now – and a new African Heart. And in all – I have only met a small few. The photos will help and so will the lump in my throat as I remember their love.
Yesterday was complicated as we attended a very different service in the Olympic P.A.G. Church in Kibera Town. I will write more of this experience later when I get back to my own computer – where my speed will increase a little.
Kibera Town is not a Town – but rather likely the World's largest Slum. It is only 6 square miles – likely about 3 miles by 2 miles... but there are 900,000 people living there. Now there are another two major Slum Areas that are not quite so big but are also in the 100s of thousands... Try to imagine 4 Regina-s packed into 3 miles by 2 miles area.... or maybe 12 Peterboroughs in the same area.... I need lots of time to sort this one out.
Today we met with a pack of Baby Elephants from 7 months old up to 27 months old. This happened at a special animal orphanage for jungle babies. They were just little kids... and full of fun. One of the babies suckled my hand for a long time. How do you tell what that feels like on a keyboard. It brought back some memories of southern Saskatchewan as we weaned calves from their mothers.
Got to run... the plane leaves in a while and we have the last stuff to stuff into the suitcases. We are out of Nairobi at 11:00 PM tonight and into Heathrow Airport in London tomorrow at 6:00 AM – then home.. to our own bed... Ohhh I can feel it now.
The rest of the story will come this week...
~ Pastor Murray Lincoln ~
posted by Murray Lincoln at
Monday, April 23, 2007
1 Comments:
I am so thankful to God that you can breathe easier. I am also thankful to God for allowing you and Alida such an incredible opportunity to see new lands, meet new friends, experience new things, as well as being used mightily by Him to touch the lives of others. I know you have also been touched deeply and I am thankful that you have such a compassionate and willing heart to do whatever it is that God asks of you. Your description of your hand being suckled by the baby elephant causes me to think of how, at times, we suckle the very hand of God and that He never, ever leaves or forsakes us.
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