Looking back over the last three months I can say without a doubt, Embracing A Lion Called Christian has been an experience I will never forget. I feel it needs to be shared with the world.
Christian The Lion
When I began this journey on the quest to meet Ace Bourke and John Rendall, I did not know embracing Christian the Lion would have such an impact on my day to day life.
Ace Bourke described what took place over forty years ago in Kenya, a “Euphoric Moment” . For me the euphoric moment was when I saw for the first time in April this year the famous “Reunion” clip from You Tube. It was the most beautiful event I had ever seen. I am not comparing it to the birth of my two sons. However, I am comparing it to a once in a life time moment that can never truly be repeated in our own existence.
Harrod's Lion
Watching it on You Tube made me aware of this amazing footage but nothing could prepare me in seeing it on my television. Watching the reunion of Christian in Kenya, and seeing that glorious moment, with the background music of Whitney Houston, ” I Will Always Love You”, brought me to tears. This pure unconditional love enveloped me and captivated me to see a powerful bond between man and beast.
Since then I have spoken to many people who have heard the story of Christian and I have spoken to many people who have not yet seen this rare footage. Mentioning Christian the Lion to people, I asked them what they thought when they saw the clip. Each answer was pretty much the same; ” It is magical, beautiful, unbelievable, amazing, wonderful, and my favourite, “God works in mysterious ways”. However, when I asked people “How did it make you feel?” The response would be; “it made me feel happy, it made me feel there is love in this world, regardless whether it is animal or human being. The consensus was, “it was an amazing event”.
I realised then what I must do. I wanted to meet Ace and John and say thank you for giving me a euphoric moment of my own. So I began this quest and started to create a series of different Internet sites which would be dedicated in my quest to meet them.
Ace and John
In the next post I will share with you the steps I have travelled so far in the quest to meet these two amazing Australian men.
On The Quest To Meet Ace and John…
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