Jan 25, 2009

Left Zimba early this morning for Livingstone. We attended church at
First Wesleyan Church. The worship was awe inspiring as only Zambian
worship can be. Josh spoke on the parable of the 5 talents. His
subject was finding your buried talents and dig them up to use in
service to God.

We ate lunch at Hamchlie and Mawli's home then left for the falls. The viewing was great with lots of water but not too much spray. We left to go to the game park to try to see some animals. We were fortunate to find many impalla, water buffalo, wildebeast, warthogs, baboons, monkeys and even one hippo.

We left to eat and spend the night at Son's of Thunder. Son's of Thunder is a 10,000 acre farm with clinic and orphanage. They also help the 7 local villages living on the farm to grow garden vegetables. The vegetables are sold as a cash crop.

Our hosts at Son's of Thunder, Sal and Renee told us there were 250 elephants roaming the farm. The elephants had been driven across Zambeze river by hunters in Zimbabwe. Now the river has risen so the elephants are staying on the Zambian side. They are destroying gardens knocking down other crops and generally creating havoc.