African Safari

Pika’s adventure has now moved to Uganda for a short time. Again he got to travel in the small MAF plain across the southern land of Sudan and into the North of Uganda. As they flew the pilot took them right along the Nile river where Pika saw wart hogs startled from behind some bushes and a herd of elephants off in the distance. What a beautiful and lush land. His safari continued on ground when he spent two nights near Queen Elizabeth National Park. One morning he and some others got up super early before the sun even rose, packed up a picnic breakfast, and headed out to find God’s beautiful creatures in the wild. Pika was hoping to see some lions, but after much driving they had no luck. However he saw lots of other amazing animals like elephants, cob, wart hogs, buffalo, water buck, and lots of beautiful birds. After an early and long morning Pika decided to spend the rest of the day lounging by the pool. It was both an adventurous and relaxing trip.

Link Tag

Where Pikachu is from, he is used to being the center of attention. Children will flock to him asking for autographs, but here in e. Africa people just give him a funny look because they have never seen him before. Children here do not have TV and so have never seen a Pokémon show. Pikachu couldn’t believe this! No TV! Yesterday Pika was walking around the neighborhood and noticed that children don’t even have toys, there are no parks or playgrounds, and so children just have to be creative and make up their own games. Because Pika believes strongly in having fun he decided to teach some of the local children how to play link tag. Pika used a lot of gestures and demonstrating to teach the game because of his limited Moru. After a few laughs the kids seem to get the hang of it. For a couple of hours the kids ran around tagging each other, trying to link with someone’s arm before getting caught. There was a lot of sliding, falling, and tons of laughs. Pika couldn’t remember the last time he had so much fun.

Fun Festivities

Pikachu planned his arrival just in time to join the festivities for Liana’s 10th birthday party. Pikachu participated in all the fun from helping churn homemade ice cream to running in the relay races. One of the races involved carrying an egg on a spoon without dropping it. As Pika walked quickly with his egg he thought he was going to stumble but the chants from his team, Pikachu! Pikachu! Pikachu! gave him the push he needed to finish strong. When he crossed the line they all jumped with excitement over their victory. Pika never imagined that he would be included in this loving community so quickly. If this was just a taste of the fun that lay ahead, Pikachu couldn’t even fathom what adventures still await.

Pika Arrives in Mundri

After many hours of traveling in a stuffy, hot, suffocating trunk Pikachu finally arrived to the sun blistering, yet lush land of Mundri, s. Sudan. Even though the heat was still intense he was ecstatic to be out of the trunk and exiting the plane, to breath in fresh air, and see the sights with his own eyes. As he looked around he saw many dark smiling faces and heard warm welcoming greetings. “Mede miri” (hello to you), “Mikado” (are you good?). However, Pikachu had no idea what people were saying to him. All he could do was smile and wave and show the people before him that he was happy to be here. On the ride from the airstrip to where he would be staying he sat at the window looking out into the new world around him. They passed people on bikes, foot, and sitting by the road. He noticed people carrying large loads of wood or buckets of water on top of their heads. Near the road he also saw homes made of mud and thatch in the shape of a box. Is that what I will be living in, he wondered. Many bumps and ruts later the vehicle finally pulled into the compound that would be Pikachu’s home for the coming months. Before him was a nice cement block building painted a minty color, a tent, and a small hut (which later he found out is called a tukul). He was told that this small tukul would be his future home. He walked inside and an overwhelming sense of comfort filled his heart, he felt right at home.