Thankful for prayers about flexibility!

Hello all! Most of you should know that I paid extra to go on a couple days voyage to see Victoria Falls prior to the start of camp next week. Last week I had great adventures in London and Spain, and I made the journey to Africa starting on Monday evening and ending late last night.

I made it safely to Victoria Falls, but unfortunately, without my luggage! That's right...I'm in a place where you are constantly soaked by waterfall spray or sweating from the hot sun during the day, or freezing at night, with only 2 shirts, 1 pair of shorts, and a thin sweatsuit type thing that I wore to travel in! boooo! But I suppose this is part of why I prayed for flexibility in the first place! Anyway, my sweet roomate shared her sweatshirt with me (of course, I now will have an Aggies shirt on for all of my Vic Falls pics!) and then today one of the girls needed to go to town to get her passport stamped b/c of something that was messed up when she went through the airport, so I caught a ride with her and our taxi driver escorted us to the Immigration office, and then to the Pep store where I bought another shirt and a pair of long pants. Now I have enough to wear while I rinse out my stuff and let it dry. But I'm still praying my stuff at least shows up so that it is waiting for me when we return to Lusaka. Man...after wearing the same clothes every day in Pamplona, this is just becoming a running theme for me!! Maybe I don't need to move quite so much to London afterall! :)

Anyhow, the crew that is here at the falls are all really fun and sweet. The resort is gorgeous...there are zebras and giraffes and monkeys on the actual grounds! I haven't seen any yet but some of the crew has. This morning I went to breakfast with about 7 of the peeps, and the breakfast at this resort is AWESOME! (and most importantly, included!) Then we headed for the Falls, which are literally less than a 10 minute easy walk from our resort! WOW! I wish i could post pics, but the internet here is too slow. so that will have to come later. But it's crazy. We walked around a corner, and I was amazed by what I saw at first. But then we kept walking...and it keeps going...and going and going and going! There is just so much water! I truly don't understand where it all comes from...the Zambesi river is big and all, but still, it's just sooo much water! Really gives you an appreciation for God's creation. We paid for ponchos and hiked all the way to the mid-point that you can get to. That's where you can watch the bridge where people bungi jump. It's awesome looking, to watch, but I just do not get the appeal of paying money to jump off a bridge and have your body jerked around. No thank you. I'll just be happy to watch and take pics! But the walk is crazy because it's truly like it's pouring rain. But it's just mist from a water fall that is quite a distance from you! totally bizarre. On the walk back I spotted an elephant across the river! It was too far away to get any good pics...kinda looks like a funny shaped rock. But when it moved it's trunk we could tell what it was!

After the Falls I went home and changed into flipflops and then that was when I caught the girls going into town. We got back just in time for our trip to the Zambesi River Queen. It was a big river boat with food and drinks, and we cruised way up the river during sunset. Got some really pretty pictures! We saw hippos and an elephant!

After that we went to dinner and I just had a great time getting to know everyone. I've heard some amazing stories from people and am just so excited for next week. I'm really praying hard that I will not be reserved and that I will just turn myself over to the work of the Lord so that these kids can be loved and can understand the love that comes through believing in Christ!

Tomorrow we are off on a safari. As always, please pray for the orphans that I will be teaching next week and for my continued preparation to serve them in the way the Lord has planned! And of course, for safety through this adventure. And if you have some extra time, maybe that we would see all of the Big 5?! :) Doesn't hurt to ask, right?

I am loving it here and am getting more excited every day for my time with the orphans. Thanks again to all of you for making this a reality!
Love and blessings,
Hil