I'd Like to Go to Africa

Today

I thought

I would like

To go to Africa.

Yes, I will go to Kenya

And see if time

Has stood still

Where at least

The walk

Is on the ground

All all come

To a sudden halt

At dusk

And sounds

Come from the voice

And travel a mile or two

And strength comes from

The family

Near to you.

Yes, Today

I thought

I'd like to go to Africa.

                                                        by Sallie Lanier, May 5, 1995

Note:  I found this poem in Foreign to Familiar,by Sarah A, Lanier. Copyright 2000, page 104.  Our family is on their way to Tanzania, which borders Kenya.  We have been preparing by studying Swahili and reading up on the culture from this hot-climate country.  I am amazed that we get to go as a family to live among the East Africans.  Please keep us in prayer as we venture out of our familiar home to a foreign land.  Please pray that we will have safety, good health, and strength for each day.