"Mom...Can I keep it?"

Meet Boaz, our animal collector. I was going to say "our animal lover", but I think that Asher actually LOVES the animals more, Boaz is just completely fascinated with them. These were all taken when Nathan's parents were here. In the first picture Boaz has a lizard. Do you know how FAST lizards are? We were completely amazed that Boaz actually caught it. It wasn't so cool that it got away and was crawling all over us during our dinner.

This next picture is Boaz with a handkerchief full of rhinoceros beetles that the Baka caught and were going to eat. One of the phrases I hear most often during the day is, "MOM, come see what I have in my bug jar!" (and the next most common phrase is my reply of "GET THAT THING OUT OF THE HOUSE!" Often it is more than one species of cool looking bug. Boaz is already planning out his zoo and all the animals that he's going to have in it.

Here, Boaz is holding a "chat-tigre", which means "cat-tiger". We aren't sure of the English name. Anyone know? These are ferocious like a bobcat with rat-shaped faces. They are soft and cuddly-looking up close...when they are already dead.

In this last picture is what Boaz really really wants. A horse. He's been praying for one lately. He's gotten to ride one twice here in Cameroon, each time when we were at the beach.