Nkotakota

These past two weeks were filled with teaching and playing. 

 We were able go with the missionaries to teach several

 groups who lived outside of town and had been waiting for

 their turn to be taught by the missionaries. 

 Our hopes of getting the Kasungu branch organized soon

 were put on hold with the Coronavirus issues

 and meeting closures.  We were able to do a get-away for

 a couple days to a nice wilderness area lodge.  

We went out to several areas about 25 kms from Kasungu
 to teach people who have been coming to church.
 This is the typical teaching setting. 

We couldn't pass up taking a picture of this couple,
 even if the Washington University was the wrong one.  

These folks are harvesting caterpillars from the trees.  They shake the tree and the
 caterpillars fall to the ground.  They love to roast them up for a tasty treat.  

We traveled about 2 hours to the Nkotakota Wilderness
Reserve for a nice get away with the Rowans.  

A view from our room at the lodge. It sits on the Bua River.
 This lodge was very nice and we had it all to ourselves. 

Lodge entrance

Very nice room.  There was a small swimming pool (tub) in the room too.

Fancy bird napkins set for dinner.

The blue lagoon.  Grandpa enjoyed a dip in the evening.  

We went out on the river to watch the Sunset two nights.  Gorgeous sunsets!

An evening sunset on a rock that Livingstone stayed on overnight.
  He was going up river to find a route to the Zambezi river.
 He was trying to stop the slave trade that the Arabs were conducting in this area.
  He chose this rock because it was surrounded by water
 except one little connection to land.
 They built fires at that connection to keep away lions and wild beasts.  

A swinging bridge over a stream leading to the river.  

Visited a nice waterfall on the river.  Pictures don't do it justice. 

Grandpa even got to do a little fishing.  

The great fisherman actually caught a fish!

Grandma being taxied across a small branch of the river
 so we could get to the falls.

Grandma trudging through the tall grasses to reach the waterfalls.

More sunset

Spotted some elephants on the roads through the park.
 Kept our distance because they will attack anything that gets too close.  

Although church was cancelled today, we were able to have several baptisms.
  Most of the youngster's parents or Grandparents were baptized earlier. 

If you zoom in, you can see the special CTR ring that
 Grandma gave the kids several weeks ago. 

We were excited to witness the baptism of Sinai and Gift Nyirongo.
  They are special to us because they live within the property we live on.
  He is our guard and groundskeeper and she does little jobs for us at times.
  This was also her Birthday!