Crocodiles, Great White Sharks and Cobras

Nothing is better than letters from home! The other day we received this letter from Sheree, Karl’s cousin…

We hope you are enjoying your experience so far – better than you even expected – except for the whole “snake in the kitchen” episode.

The day before we heard about that, Jackson (6 years old) came down from his room holding three of his wild animal cards. He had sorted out the ones that could be found in South Africa and announced with some worry in his voice that, “These are the three animals that could EAT Karl and Julie!”

They were crocodiles, great white sharks and cobras.

I ASSURED him that all of those animals live VERY FAR from Karl and Julie – out in the wild.

But alas, the next day mom was proved wrong! (see the "snake video" if you missed it - http://vimeo.com/10096943)

So now every night Jackson also prays that you all don’t get eaten by crocodiles, great white sharks and cobras. This is in addition to him praying that there wouldn’t be any earthquakes either…so know that you are well covered in prayer by Jackson alone, but the rest of us are praying too – just for good measure.

Thanks, Jackson. We thought we lived VERY FAR from these animals too. But apparently in Africa your kitchen counts as “the wild.”