What People Are Saying

We had Fledge for a one day event. He ministered to the whole church Sunday Morning and then ministered to the youth and children Sunday night. Let me tell you: His presentations were like a cool breeze on a summer's day. He helped us focus in on the beauty and greatness of creation. However, he didn't stop there--- he used creation to take us back to its majestic Creator and and the wonderous Gospel message of Jesus Christ. I know that our hearts were touched!

This past weekend I went on a retreat at camp. We had an amazing speaker, named Fledge Fiamingo. You can look him up on SonSafaris.com He is the founder. Fledge has worked at a few different safari locations as the man who drives the truck and takes people on tours, so he knows all about animals. This weekend he talked about the lions and hyenas. They are enemies. Fledge made the comparison that the male lion is God, the lioness is us, and the hyenas are Satan. But he didn’t talk about this: The hyena is kind of cute. Or at least it is to me. But that the thing.. Sin is cute, sin is attractive. But that didn’t exactly tie in to what he talked about. It makes sense though. You want sin because it’s attractive. The lion [you] wants the hyena [sin]. They don’t want it because it’s attractive though, the lion wants to eat it, but anyways. A lioness can easily take on a hyena. Or more than one. But soon the hyenas become more and more, and the lioness tries to fight it but when there comes a certain number of hyenas, the lioness can’t do it anymore. They need help. Luckily for the lioness, a hyena won’t take on a male lion, no matter how many hyenas there are. That’s just like us though. We get involved in sin and we can fight it for a little while, but eventually all of the sin just builds up on us and we can’t do it alone anymore. We need help. We need GOD, the male lion! You can’t do it alone. That’s just something that I got out of the weekend that I really wanted to share.

Rebecca Brown

November, 2009

I just wanted you to know how much I enjoyed the theme of you program about the lions and hyenas. Since I have been back from the youth retreat I have been on fire for our God . By the way this is Billy ,one of the sponsors from Bethel Christian Church , Thank you so much for Gods gift to me though you. I do hope everything is going well for you and your family and you are always now in my mind and prayers . I will never forget you man you are like family to me now. You have made a big step in changing my life. The rewards God has in store for you are going to be awesome . Always remember you have made and will make a difference in peoples lives . GOD BLESS YOU

William Boyette          Youth Retreat Sponsor      Bethel Christian Church  November, 2009

"Just wanted pass along some information I think the school district would find useful. Fledge Fiamingo came and gave a GREAT presentation to two of our World Geography classes. He is a trained safari guide from South Africa (born in Namibia, he has taken such celebrities as Sam Waterston on photo safaris).

He is very interested in working with our students and Janis Burton and I highly recommend him to the district as a special presenter.

His strengths include:
* Extensive first-hand knowledge of Africa - it's wildlife, vegetation, topography and climate,
* An ability to plan a presentation at levels appropriate to his audience,
* A thoroughly engaging personality that hooks the kids in and encourages interaction.

Fledge uses multi-media of safaris so the students can see the animals in their natural habitat and how they respond to human interaction, and a power point presentation of pictures he has taken of many of the animals and the gorgeous scenery.

Our 90 minute class period flew as the students oohhed, aahhed and peppered Fledge with questions. Several other teachers in the Social Studies Dept. have asked him to return for a presentation to their classes and I believe he is now making arrangements to do so.

It isn't often we have an opportunity to visit with someone from "faraway" lands, so I hope the district will contact him at his address or number noted below, as I know that all of our schools would benefit from a visit."