Honestly, we're doing ministry too. But on Wednesday we had an opportunity to go to the Jos Zoo so off we went. Corrie and John have two teachers visiting from B2B Mexico so we all went and had a great time.
And we love sharing with you how things are here in Jos, so we took lots of pictures to just give you an idea of what this zoo is like.Okay, let me explain. There are zoos and there are zoos (you know what I mean?) We each paid 100 Naira (about 67 cents) and 200 Naira for bringing in our cameras and we were loaded down with apples, carrots, bananas and watermelon all cut up. In ways, it's a kind of sad zoo. There aren't alot of animals and it's kind of dirty. But....in spite of that.....animals are animals, wherever you might be. The cages are right out there and you can walk right up to them and feed the animals. Can you see me feeding the horse and the camel (the brown animal behind the horse) in the picture to the right? These two animals are just walking around hoping you'll feed them.
Let me tell you about the boa constrictor to the left. For a very small fee, you can purchase a live baby bunny rabbit and they throw it into the pen with the snake and you can watch the baby rabbit get squished to death and listen to the squeals of the rabbit as it is eaten. Fun, huh? (NO!!!! We DID NOT pay to get a rabbit - shame on you for even thinking that!).
There were two lions (a male and female) and they were sitting on the rocks sunning themselves. There were two peacocks (a male and female) and the male peacock to the right was really beautiful. We tried to get it to spread his tail feathers, but he wouldn't.
We had one almost scary thing happen while we were there. Gus, our 10 year old grandson, was standing by the baboons near the cage and he turned his back without thinking, and the largest baboon of the family quickly reached out and grabbed Gus's shirt from behind and pulled really hard. Gus quickly pulled forward and his shirt was ripped but we were thankful that he didn't get scratched or cut by the baboons sharp nails. One of the hazards of being able to be so close to the cages. But he's okay and now he has a great story to tell his friends.
After being there for about an hour, the heavens opened up (it's rainy season here now) and it poured down rain.
We left the zoo but we were glad we went.
We left the zoo but we were glad we went. Tomorrow all of us here on staff have an OLA (The Children's Home) outreach for the kids there. There's a hotel with a pool not too far from OLA and we're taking the kids swimming and bringing lunch for everyone to enjoy. The next blog will be about that.
No two days look alike here. We wake up and see what the good Lord has in store for us for that day. Some days are easier than others and as you can see from this day at the zoo - this was an easy day - grin!!
Until next time....
In-joy,
Eileen and Crist
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