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Although it is Saturday, we were up at 7 as breakfast was at 8 a.m. There is a bell that rings 15 minutes before breakfast is served and there is usually a devotion at that time. It is a great time to be with the other guests at the Lodge.
This morning we said goodbye to a team from California who have been here for two weeks working with the HEART Foundation.
Our driver picked us up at 9 a.m. to take us to The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. It is a sanctuary for baby elephants located on the edge of Kenya National Park on the outskirts of Nairobi. (Mom, you would have loved this!) The sanctuary rears the orphaned elephants in such a way that they grow up psychologically sound so that in the fullness of time they can be returned where they rightly belong, amongst the wild elephant community of a large National Park. (taken from their brochure!) We learned a lot of information about elephants that we didn't know. The baby elephants are fed between 11 and 12 and only a rope separated them from us. The younger ones are fed first ...SMA Gold formula....and after they leave, the older ones come for their feeding. We were able to pet them. It was a great experience.
After that, we headed off to the giraffe centre. There, we could feed the giraffes and we have a couple of great pictures of Don and Joy feeding and hugging a giraffe. Some people were letting the giraffes take the food from their mouths.....BUT we opted out! We enjoyed sharing our box lunch, with James, our driver, and then it was time for the 2 hour drive home.
The chef at Heart Lodge prepares a wonderful box lunch for us each day we are absent at lunch time.
We are on the 9th day (of 12) of taking Malarone (for malaria) and have not had any reaction to it. Our friends, Sue and Bryan, who are also away, took a pill for the prevention of malaria and had a terrible reaction to it.
Love to hear from family and friends at home. Thank you for keeping us in your prayers. Many times this past week we have felt the comfort and peace in knowing that people are praying for us.
This morning we said goodbye to a team from California who have been here for two weeks working with the HEART Foundation.
Our driver picked us up at 9 a.m. to take us to The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. It is a sanctuary for baby elephants located on the edge of Kenya National Park on the outskirts of Nairobi. (Mom, you would have loved this!) The sanctuary rears the orphaned elephants in such a way that they grow up psychologically sound so that in the fullness of time they can be returned where they rightly belong, amongst the wild elephant community of a large National Park. (taken from their brochure!) We learned a lot of information about elephants that we didn't know. The baby elephants are fed between 11 and 12 and only a rope separated them from us. The younger ones are fed first ...SMA Gold formula....and after they leave, the older ones come for their feeding. We were able to pet them. It was a great experience.
After that, we headed off to the giraffe centre. There, we could feed the giraffes and we have a couple of great pictures of Don and Joy feeding and hugging a giraffe. Some people were letting the giraffes take the food from their mouths.....BUT we opted out! We enjoyed sharing our box lunch, with James, our driver, and then it was time for the 2 hour drive home.
The chef at Heart Lodge prepares a wonderful box lunch for us each day we are absent at lunch time.
We are on the 9th day (of 12) of taking Malarone (for malaria) and have not had any reaction to it. Our friends, Sue and Bryan, who are also away, took a pill for the prevention of malaria and had a terrible reaction to it.
Love to hear from family and friends at home. Thank you for keeping us in your prayers. Many times this past week we have felt the comfort and peace in knowing that people are praying for us.
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