Africa.

Five more days till I board a plane for Kenya.  I can not believe the time is actually here.  Back in August when the plane tickets were purchased I felt like I would never make it through the next few months...yet here I am.  To say I feel like a child on Christmas eve would be an understatement.  Its going to feel good to find that big piece of my heart again that I left in Africa. I often struggle with putting to words why Africa is so captivating (which is probably why I default to photos) but this is the best I can do...  Africa is when you wake up everyday to the sound of birds singing in the trees, having the most beautiful blue skies, and enjoying a breeze to cool off the heat from the closeness of the sun. When you rejoice in rain. When you don’t check the weather predictions but let whatever comes your way, come. When you can drive twenty minutes and encounter a lion, zebra, giraffes, rhinos, and buffalo. It’s being intoxicated by the joy within Africans and captivated by their smiles.  Africa is hard and has its challenges, but it also reveals the raw, unaltered, undefiled beauty of our Creator.

Yeah.

oh yeah, and...