Day 7: Morning Safari and Work Day

This morning we hired a guide to take us around the park looking for lions. Some groups before us had had success with their searches, so we hoped to be just as lucky. So, we pulled ourselves out of bed at the crack of dawn -- 6 am -- to be ready to leave by 7. In Africa, any given time is delayed by half an hour, so we ended up leaving around 7:30. We saw a beautiful sunrise, though, and a family of elephants cross the road... I swear! we can’t seem to keep them away! We never saw the lions, but we did get some amazing views of the Nile river -- the White Nile, I’ve since been told -- and saw tons of birds and deer... and of course giraffes! They are SO neat!

That afternoon, we HAD to get some work done, so we camped out in our rooms -- I met with Sandy and Kimmie about the training on Saturday as we reorganized and packed our bags, created posters and visuals, and rehearsed what we would talk about. Our training was originally supposed to be two days, but (as so often happens) we had to cut it back to one day. I feel SO sorry for the teachers, having to understand in one day what it took me several days to wrap my mind around. But, that was the time we were given, so we’ll do our best with it.