i saw a rhino

Wow, it's been a long week. Wednesday I went to a game reserve, and we drove around a place called Pilanesberg the entire day looking for sweet animals. We saw warthogs (not as fat as Pumba, by the way), impala, kudu, springbok, lizards, hippos, giraffes, elephants, and rhinos. They were all really close to the car, and it was sweet to see them since they weren't in cages. It became kind of a game to pick them out. Hippos are incredibly lazy animals, by the way. They lay around and do nothing. For ever

Today I'm working with the small babies, who are 0-3 months old. It is definitely a bigger challenge than babies you can play with and have fun with, but I love it. Some of them are just so tiny, and it's cool to see them along their different stages of development, and how God heals and changes each one. Last week we had 9 sick kids at one point, and now all but 3 are better, which is definitely a huge blessing, for them and for us, since they all had diarrhea. Two more got adopted today!!! I'll miss them a lot, but I heard that it went really well and their new parents are really cool people

Saturday marks the halfway point for Heather and me. I can't believe I've already been here that long. It's absolutely ridiculous. Time really does fly here, especially when I'm enjoying it so much. I got a new roommate yesterday. Her name is Emily, and she's lived in Egypt for the past year. She seems pretty easy to get along with, and I'm looking forward to getting to know her better

Thanks everyone for your prayers and encouragement. Keep the 3 sick kids in your prayers, and also the kids that got adopted and are assimilating into their new environment. There has also been a bug going around, so pray that it stops and nobody else gets it. Thank you so much, I hope you all are doing well!

By the way, if any of you want to email me, that would be awesome. However, my Virginia Tech email doesn't work here, so use dewwireddrummer@gmail.com if you want to tell me how you are doing or ask any questions. Hopefully I'll talk to some of you soon =)

Oh, and happy birthday Dad! I love you