Happy Long Weekend!

Thank you to those who have been keeping me updated with news from Kenya and reading my blog! It's been encouraging to receive messages and emails of support.

 

I've been settling down really well in SABACH and getting used to the way things work here. I've even learnt to do things the 'Kenyan' way, like cooking Kenyan food, listening to Swahili music at top volume, eating with hands and walking. Some of you know how unfit I am, but I think I have done enough walking so far to last me a life time. Everywhere we go, we walk. It takes at least 30 minutes to get in to town, but the other day we walked up to 50 minutes in total to go to church. For some reason though it doesn't really feel that long. I get so jealous at Kenyans who look so relaxed while the stroll up hill, while we pant and gasp for air, especially in the middle of the day.

 

I've even learnt to share my room with other creepy crawlies. Yes, there's been slugs, lizards - you name it! Most nights I try to wear socks to bed so even if there is something in my sheets I can't feel it.

 

The weather here has been fairly pleasant, with maximum averages of 25-26 degrees during the day. Every afternoon around 2-3pm, it thunders and rains for awhile. The short rains season has hit early this year and every day or two, our electricity will cut off. It's funny listening to the children scream and then clap and cheer when it comes back on. Although Kenyans, barely use any electricity to start off with. SABACH does not have many light bulbs, so we usually move the light bulbs with us from room to room as we move. It's a bit of pain especially when we are trying to do homework with the children. They all seem to have really good night vision.

 

Anyway, this will probably be my last entry for a good couple of days as we are taking a couple of days off from Wednesday to go on a 2 day safari. We'll be héading back to Nairobi first to meet up with the other girls and set off to Maasai Mara which is near the border of Tanzania and Kenya and also famous for the Big 5! There will be 9 of us in total and we will be camping for the duration. Not sure what to expect, but I'm sure I'll have some good stories to tell.

 

Until then, Kwaheri!