Dance, Monkey

Apparently Saturday is wildlife day in these parts. Zebras last Saturday, saw them again today and monkeys were all over the beach! Usually they try and steal your food, but they were polite today and posed for pictures instead.

 

Baby monkey butt

 

Baby monkey circled in purple for those who are as blind as me

 

 

It also rained as we were leaving the beach. I believe the phrase “torrential downpour” would be appropriate. The road going to the beach is a dirt road that is very bumpy and rough anyways, then with the huge rain it started flooding within 3 minutes. 4 wheel drive is a gorgeous thing. Because the dirt is so dry and packed here, the water doesn’t soak in at all, it just rushes over the roads. People were running outside and putting buckets out to catch the rain, goats were standing up against the sides of buildings to shelter, and the little dalahs were parked on the side of the road because the water was over the tires. Miniature mud avalanches everywhere, the car slipping and sliding a touch. It was exciting (and we got home perfectly safe, Grandma.)

I wrote the above on Saturday, but we’ve lost power multiple times the past few days so I just didn’t get around to posting it. Sunday I was struggling with the stress of not having a home to move back to when I’m done here. I jokingly told my parents at the beginning of the summer that “There’s a fine line between minimalist and homeless.” I’ve been meandering around on the homeless side of that line for a few months now and sometimes I get tired, both of my literal duffel bag and the metaphorical one. (Can you have a metaphorical duffel bag? Is that a thing?)

However, my conclusion after quite some time of reflection is that I have a firm trust and knowledge that God is very good and so very stable. It doesn’t matter where my physical home is, or where I sleep. You know: “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” Matthew 6:25

And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” Luke 9:58

I don’t need a nest or a hole. For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 3:20