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Dear Reader,
Today's guest author, Lisa Harris, and her family have spent over thirteen years working as missionaries in Africa. When Lisa's not working she loves hanging out with her family, cooking different ethnic dishes, photography, and heading into the African bush on safari. Pursued is book three in her best-selling Nikki Boyd series that revolves around a Missing Person Task force in Tennessee.
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Lisa Harris on Safari
One of my favorite ways to get away from it all is to head into the African bush for a few days of quiet. No phones, no computers, no emails. Completely off the grid.
While my kids don't necessarily agree with me, I could spend hours just sitting at the edge of a waterhole, watching impala and giraffe drink while hippos swim in the water, crocs crouch at the water's edge, and birds nest in the trees. Over the years we've been charged by elephants--yes, that is scary and not recommended--and watched mama lions playing with their cubs on the side of the road. We've had cheetahs pose for us, seen hyenas carrying their prey, and watched as a male lion walked by close enough to my car window I could have touched it. We've had baboons steal our lunch, and once even had a whole troop jump on top of our car.
My husband and I have also become bird watchers. Until living in Africa, I'd never seen such a huge variety of birds. Some of my favorites are the Saddle-billed Stork with its yellow and red bill, the colorful lilac breasted roller, and the blue and orange Malachite Kingfisher.
For New Year's Eve this past December, we took our family on a midnight safari in Kruger National Park. Our guides took us way out into the bush, and with no competition from the city lights we could see the millions of stars hovering overhead while listening to the roar of a lion in the background. It was definitely a New Year's our family will never forget.
Unplugging from the world doesn't seem easy in this day and age where everything is computerized and instant. And personally, it's something I don't do often enough. But as I get older, I'm learning the value of stepping away more often from technology and connecting personally to my friends and family. If you can find a few moments today, turn off your ringer and take a walk or sit down with a friend and find time to enjoy the world around you.
--Lisa Harris
http://www.lisaharriswrites.com/
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Suzanne Beecher
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