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Photographic Interlude: The Kruger (Kruger National Park)

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Elephants on parade in the dry riverbed...the very first view we had from our tent!
 
KUDU...these beauties embodied majesty everytime we saw them.
 
"Choolwa" in IciBemba
 
View of a baboon with the best view
 
The Water Buffalo...baffling all with its status as one of the "Big 5"
 
 
Birdwatch
 
 
 
 
 
PUMBA
 
"Indyabuluba" in IciBemba
 
Just Hanging Around (Look closely and see what you can find)
 
 
                                     One of my faves
 
For Belle
 
River Horses resting by the river
 
 
 
Watch me hit my bird walk
 
 
Watch me do it 
 
Watch me do it
 
Watch me do it
 
Waterboek
 
Honey Badger!
 
                                                       Baobab
 
Just lion around
 
All creatures great and small
 
A rare beauty.  What a privilege to experience!
 
Last and, given the competition, certainly least
 
And so the sun sets on this adventure retreat.
Posted May 27, 2016

 

Posted by Tyler W. Orem with
Tags: nature, photos, national park
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Mosi-O-Tunya Hallelujah!

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Over the Easter holiday we managed to wrap a check-in with some previously trained African Indigenous Christian Counseling students, a visit from the one and only Mina Haddad in from Capetown, many meals with colleagues in ministry, and a trip to Mosi-O-Tunya (more commonly but less adequately named Victoria Falls) into our celebration of the resurrection.  I can think of no better way to grasp the beauty and power of God for this celebration than being engulfed in the mists and rainbows of The Smoke that Thunders (translation for Mosi-O-Tunya).  Hopefully you will get a small taste of the wonder in the pictures below.

 
 
First you see the mist (or smoke) as you drive by the Zambezi River
 
Then you see the falls in their full glory
 
 
Perhaps the most breathtaking view and feeling is that of the void surrounding you as you enter the mist
 
 
Rainbow Bridge...you get to walk through the rainbow
 
 
Mina, Rev. Hopkins Changwe, a rainbow, and I
 
 
Another view, in case you missed it
 
 
Rev. Hopkins Changwe at the Boiling Pot, where you see the waters still churning from the falls as well as the bridge to Zimbabwe
 
 
Mist powering through the canyon, moving at the same speed as the falls
 
 
Standing with one leg in Zambia and one leg in Zimbabwe, overlooking the Zambezi
 
 
A double rainbow as benediction
Posted April 3, 2016

 

Posted by Tyler W. Orem with
Tags: nature, photos, victoria falls

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Being planted in the rich soils of Zambia to inspire regrowth at home. “Other seed fell on good soil and bore fruit” -Matthew 13:8

 

 

 

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