Indescribable....

"THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD;
THE SKIES PROCLAIM THE WORK OF HIS HANDS."

These are the words that come to mind being here in the Jungles of Papua. This is truly a place where God used his indescribable imagination to the max! Every night I look out at the sunset sky to see a different canvas of cloud formations & light reflections from the setting sun; and the same is true for the sunrise. I have never seen such changing beauty in the sky on such a regular basis.
Most mornings I wake up around 5:30 - 6am and lay on my mattress listening to the Jungle come to life. At first you hear the occasional distant squawk of some tropical bird, then the crickets, then more bird calls, then the villagers waking up and doing their thing.With every minute that passes you can hear the Jungle coming to life.
Then, as if by clock work, as the sun goes down the music changes. The bird calls fade, the crickets seem to get louder. Then you can hear the deep croak of a nearby frog trying to find a mate. Just as dusk comes, some kind of swallows fly out in their hundreds feasting on all the insects & mosquitoes that were hiding from the harsh sun, but have now come out to eat also.
If you are really lucky (as we were), a few hundred feet above that you can see massive bats, about the size of a hawk. Also in their hundreds, silhouetted in the evening sky with their unmistakable bat shapes. They must easily have a wing span of 2-3 feet! One evening Matt was on the computer in our little shed, with screen in lew of a door ( that we had yet to make). The florescent light was on, probably the only one for 50+ miles. Tom & I must have counted at least fifteen different varieties of moths, all uniquely shaped and colored. That did not count the vast array of other insects all wanting to get at the new moon.
It is truly 'indescribable' to be here amongst one of Gods greatest creations, and I know I will say that a lot when I get home...