So, here we go, the first installment of Anchor Point. I have really been meaning to do this for some time now, but just never really got around to it until now. I'm pretty new to this, so you just bear with me a little bit.
Some things you should know about me before I really get started: first of all, at this point in my life I am 17 years old, living in Francistown, Botswana, Africa, with my parents who are American missionaries with Assemblies of God World Missions, as well as my younger brother and sister. We have lived here in Francistown for a little over 2 and a half years now, and are beginning preparations to return home for one year in December. Also, I am an avid bowhunter (though I won't argue too much against using a gun), archer, and fisherman. I like to consider myself as firmly anchored in Christ, and if you absolutely have to know, I am a conservative, everything America once was and could be again.
At the moment, I am triple multi-tasking: watching Olympic archery (someday will be me!), writing this, and preparing for a day of sitting in a blind over a water hole with my dad and my bow tomorrow, hopefully with the result of arrowing one of those big warthogs we saw last time we sat in this spot. Our opportunities for hunting have not come often, but we are finally figuring out all of our options, and we might be able to go out with a bang as the year comes to an end. As a hunter, in my opinion, there is nothing that compares to the thrill of outwitting animals. Even though I may not always get a shot off, watching the target animal walk past within range, sometimes so close I could almost reach out and touch it, completely oblivious to my prescence, is only slightly less satisfying than having some horns for the wall and a freezer full of meat. The thrill of the chase.
So, that pretty much wraps it up for this first time. Feel free to comment. I'll let you know how the hunt turns out.
May your arrows fly straight, until next time!
