Beauty

I’ve had the opportunity to travel to about 30 countries and South Africa is in the top two beautiful places I have been to in the world, ranking right up there with Switzerland. While driving through various parts of the province of Mpumulanga (a province is like our state), we saw orange groves, cornfields, olive trees, soybeans (I think), and lots of other types of produce being grown side by side. Driving through Northwest province, there are fields and fields of sunflowers. Driving through Limpopo province, there are mountains and plains, trees we call the Lion King trees (we don’t know what kind they are but they are very predominant in the Lion King movie-they look like umbrellas), and beautiful sunsets. I’m told the Cape area is really the most beautiful part of South Africa but I won’t be seeing that part since it’s a really long drive from the northern part of the country where I’m staying.

And speaking of beautiful, I cannot even come close to describing the stars at night. I have never, ever seen so many stars…it’s like being at the planetarium. There is no comparison that I’ve ever seen in the U.S. I am in complete awe here of how vast our universe is and how powerful God is to be able to create it.

Here are some photos that don’t come close to capturing the beauty: