We spent the morning looking for big cats and wow, were we successful! We saw a leopard cross the road right in front of us, we saw a cheetah that had made a fresh kill trying to eat it and then get challenged and chased away by two baboons, saw at least a dozen lions, two more leopards, over 50 hippos, some more giraffes, many elephants, and of course more zebras, wildebeests, warthogs, antelopes, and various types of gazelles.
Tomorrow (Monday) we will leave after an early breakfast to spend an hour or so looking for more game (maybe a rhino, have never seen one in the wild) and head out of the park on our way to Shirati. No wifi enroute, and probably not available our first day at Shirati either, so I am not sure when our next post will be.
We look forward to seeing our Shirati friends, especially Fred and Leisha Otieno our Project
co-ordinators in Tanzania. Leisha runs a charity called Mama Maisha which focuses on women's hygiene, safe pregnancy, and healthy delivery for every mother and child. Fred is the former Community Development officer with the Kanisa Mennonite diocese in Shirati who used to live in Shirati, and has many great connections and vision when it comes to projects like the Bishop Kisare Technical School classrooms that we are helping to build.
Tuesday is our first planned workday at the Tech School using the new hollow cement bricks made from our newly purchased plastic molds. Thanks for all your thoughts, prayers and support.
Male baboon (rear left) with cheetah to grazing area catching some rays