Off To Bukoba

I finally have just a moment to post a few words rather than just photos.  We have been rolling up the dusty, bumpy miles over the past few days on safari.  You know those intentionally annoying rumble strips they sometimes carve into the road in the U.S. to make extra sure you slow down in certain spots?  Well, imagine hundreds of miles of those rumble strips and you have a pretty good idea what it's like getting all the way across the Serengeti and back out onto the main road.

Still, it seems like being so immersed in this breathtaking and fascinating part of creation should not come any easier.  I say those who skip all the rough driving it takes to get out to the Serengeti  by hopping in a chartered plane and landing on the airstrip near the crater to be picked up and whisked away in luxury Land Cruisers, are cheating.  It would be like taking a helicopter to the summit of Kilimanjaro.  The view from the summit is still awesome, but only the climbers know what the view really means.

Tomorrow morning we fly across the country to Bukoba on the shores of the great Lake Victoria to visit our aptly named friend, Smart and many others.  We are not at all sure what this part of the adventure will entail but we know it will involve lots of gorgeous singing from some of the best choirs in the country.  I will post from there if I can get online.

For now and from here, our thoughts and prayers are with the Krych family as they morn the loss of Candi and celebrate her life.  Candi was a rare and beautiful soul and our friends here have joined us in thanking God for the witness to love, life and faith her life has been.

peace, Chad