The phone rang about 8:20 and everyone gathered around. Everyone got to talk to Braden for a few minutes-except Loren- and the phone started beeping. We waited for Braden too call back. Thank goodness for caller ID-we called him back. Somehow, Braden paid for 40 minutes of talk time but only really got about 8.
We put the phone on speaker and talked to him and asked him questions about his mission.
He loves Africa and meeting new people. His companion right now is a native and not very talkative, so it makes for long days of tracking. They got to stay in Christmas day and they watched movies.
He has worn out all 3 pairs of shoes we sent with him. Even his expensive ones from ZCMI that were supposed to last a long time. So he found some nice ones there and bought them.
He has seen many giraffes and thousands of lizards. He said that he got a picture a 5 foot lizard. But he didn't send it to us yet. He has seen a few HUGE spiders.
He built him a rock man for Christmas, since there isn't any snow. He told us that there is a tribe there that speaks almost the same language as on the Lion King! Ya know-acoona ma tatta.
He told us that he gets up at 6:30 every morning. And they go out about 10:00 and have to be in by 9:00 p.m.. the first house in their area is about 3 miles away. And the walk at least 12 miles a day.
Here are some pic's
Bad hair day...
Sorry i dont have a picture of how tan i am it doesnt show well on the camera.
I had to send the pictures using my own email.
See This is what happens to my shoes.
What happens to my socks
The New Shoes.
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