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| This is Nelson, one of our guards, a member, truck washer, shoe cleaner and all round handyman. He is cold in this photo and I had to tease because it was about 70* F. :) |
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| We saw this guy cleaning his bike in the puddle. A very common site. He also happens to be a milkman! |
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| A heavy bike load going north on Bombo Road. Notice the mud. |
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| Ralph wanted me to be sure to take a pic of this crazy boda load. A very common site. |
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| A crazy load on top of a taxi. Impressive all they carry! |
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| A lizard parked next to our truck. |
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| The Ntinda missionaries. Left S Mwaloh, S Shongwe, E Hatch, E Myers, E Carter and ENkosi. All great missionaries in their district meeting. |
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| Another view, so we see the front. |
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| E Howard had just placed a Book of Mormon with these men as we cross the border into Rwanda.Also, the book Our Search for Happiness> :) |
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| Beautiful Poinsettia at the motel we stayed in as we went to Akagera National Park, |
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| Anthurium at the motel. (the rooms were terrible !!! Hard, hard mattress, round pillow the size of a soccer ball and shower with no shower curtain, so toilet, sink everything got sprayed) YIKES! |
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| Milk is delivered just in time for breakfast! |
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| First thing we always see are the monkeys. |
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| Bird nests hanging in the tree. |
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| Sorry, I don't know the names. |
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| Across the river from Rwanda is Tanzania. |
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| These are the Gilletts from Mapleton UT. They were transferred to Rwanda and had to fly, we brought their things in our truck! |
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| First big animal we see in the park and he is BIG!! A good story about this guy. |
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| We followed at a safe distance for a long time. maybe 20-25 minutes. He got annoyed (?) with us, and turned and charged. E Howard tried to remain calm as he backed as fast as the truck would go with the sisters in the back seat screaming! Just as we came to a curve Ralph honked the horn and the elephant stopped, turned and left. We were all so scared that he would tip over the truck and stomp on us. We said a prayer of thanksgiving! The only elephant we saw! |
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| Saw lots of zebras. |
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| Another monkey |
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| Some of the deer. |
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| More zebra |
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| Notice the difference in the coloring. |
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| More deer that look like UT elk. |
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| Hippos keeping cool. |
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| Buffalo and bird friends. |
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| Tucked in a mud hole trying to keep cool. |
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| Giraffe. |
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| Everyone hanging out together. |
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| We kept seeing huge loads of firewood. Kids are be helping dad push the heavy load home. |
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| Rwanda is very hilly and so they do alot of terrace gardening. All the work is done by hand, with a hoe. |
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| Some of the hills looked straight up. I can picture myself slipping and rolling down to the bottom! |
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| Border crossing. We had to have passports, registrations,etc to get into Rwanda and back into Uganda. |
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| E Howard getting some of the paperwork done. |
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| Lots of waiting. |
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| Lots of traffic, but the Book of Mormon guys found us and helped again. They have been reading! |
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| Almost ready to head home. |
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| Our Njeru Elders. Left, E Gangire, E Hawk (we served with his bro in Fiji) E LeCheminant and E Thomas all wearing ties made by Fiona in our branch. |
