Yesterday, the TBI survivor support group and I went to the Washington Zoo to check those cute cheetah pups and the giant pandas. It was the perfect day for a zoo visit. Except for one thing, I forgot to take my allergy medication. Ouch!
We did get an opportunity to see Tai Shan, the cuddly panda pup, or as we locals say Butterstick. The animals were just incredible. The young panda rolled around the grass for us visitors. The pandas loved the nice weather as we did. They weren't shy in front of a large crowd of people.
Funny incident occurred while a bunch of zoo visitors rushed to take pictures of the mother and child panda climbing the trees and playing on the grass. One of the adult pandas took a dump right in front of us.
Oddly orange color, I thought.
An even funnier incident occurred, the cameras didn't stop shooting. Anyway, enough of that silly stuff.
As for the cheetahs, they were just as popular as the giant pandas. I couldn't tell which three cheetahs we were looking at. They appeared to be adults, but I read about the 2004 cheetah cubs now weigh more than their adult mother. The animals were exploring their habitat as they played with each other racing and jabbing at each other.
Did you know that they are one of my favorite animals? Very sleek and fast!
Too bad there wasn't a zoo keeper or volunteer to explain more about said cheetahs.
This morning, dad visited my church, and we heard two testimonies from one our senior church leaders and from a visiting Chi Alpha leader from Gallaudet University. It was a blessed message to hear both messages. This posting will focus on the talk by the partially deaf Chi Alpha leader.
It was sometimes difficult to hear the latter as he was signing and speaking at the same time, while carrying and referencing his bible.
We had to focus on his particular message. He gave a history about reaching the deaf community. For context, he brought up the Scripture from John 8 and John 10 about *hearing* the word.
It was quite interesting to hear his story about evangelizing efforts to this group. Some deaf people thought the Word discriminated against the deaf. How could they hear when they do not have the ability to hear? For example, read John 10:3. It says that His sheep hear His voice.
What may not be obvious about the Scripture are those references about hearing was not necessarily referencing to the sense of hearing with our own ears, but the Word talks about hearing what God says with our hearts. In other words, the Word touches us by speaking to our hearts and convicting us about the Spiritual truth.
After hearing his testimony, history and about his family, he talked about the growing college community. After 9 or 10 years of service, he is married to a Gallaudet grad and they have kids who can hear.
He also briefly discussed about the University's current controversy. You can read more about it in this article. While the university may be going through some troubles, a recent Gallaudet graduate signed up to be on ministry staff and students are attending their services.
As you can see, it's a growing ministry. God is faithful.
1 comment:
Hi Traveler. Great site you have here. I enjoyed your post from yesterday. I've been to the Zoo a couple of time and always enjoy it.
Thanks for coming by to see me. Yes, there's always coffee or tea to go with the Friday Feast.
Have a great trip!
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