I sit here, in an old make shift Internet Cafe which has four computers and little stools to sit on, and wonder what to write about! Everything here happens so fast and time moves quickly, which it giving me unique and defining experiences. Some are hard to share and evoke such emotions that I decide to keep them to myself. Some are so funny but when i write about them in my journal I realize that I am the only one that would laugh at such a thing. Sometimes i just write....
Today I woke up with a Smile on my face. I knew the minuet that I slipped from under my mosquito net and out of bed that today was going to be wonderful! Nothing spectacular happened. I walked to school earlier than usual and greeted the kids as they came in! I tutored and taught my class, art and English. A few students asked me to come in an instead of going to lunch i read a few chapters of my recent book "The kite Runner." As a quick side note: if anyone wants to read a good life changing book...read this one! I haven't finished but i am close and it is terrific! Me and Bob talked as we eat our lunch, two peanut butternut and jelly sandwiches, in the bright sun light! I then Played/Taugh Volleyball to the recently organized school boys and girls teams. It was way fun...and they marveled at my talent and ability! or maybe i just thought that is what they were doing! ha ha But It feels good to contribute to the school, to these kids lives! Bob recently bought soccer balls for the school and we have helped set up basketball teams, football (soccer) teams, and now volleyball teams. They kids are thrilled and they go to play another school tomorrow! Lets see if i am an good at coaching volleyball! Wish us luck! :)
As I was getting ready to walk home a little boy asked if i remembered him. I said of course! which i did, but i couldn't remember his name. But he was in class four and draws very good and always talks to me after lunch! He was said i forgot his name and proudly stated it, made me repeat it and then said that he was from "Kenya Kids Orphanage" I knew many of our students came from an orphanage but then he said.."You know the place were kids go if they dont have a family." I bent down and threw him in the air... He Laughed hard and then i wrapped him in my arms and put my face close to his and said "I was his family, His big brother and i would never forget him again." He smiled and said,with a serious face, "make sure!" I was blown away at what this little kid made me feel, but more importantly what he taught me in a few short min.
And so my normal day went just like that simple and good
Life is Incredible! Life is Precious! Life is for you to choose how to live. So go out and live life out loud- go live your dreams and make them become a reality! Its possible, and its your choice! Take on the slogan of Nike and "Just Do It!"
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
The Promised Pictures
Remember a picture is worth a thousand words! Hope you enjoy these pictures as much as i do.
Just eating Ugali with the orphans. We are so happy for food and a brake from school!
Corn flour and boiled water is our favorite meal! Want to try?
The Kids loved taking pictures so we took lots and lots! this is the eating area of the orphanage!
Making the Hygiene kits for all the kids. Steven was making us laugh so hard! We had a blast just anticipating the excitement of giving them out to the kids!
After we teach them how to brush their teeth...we Give them Lollipops! Each child was so happy to have something sweet in their mouths! A rare treat for them indeed! And even a more rare treat for us to see their happiness and hear their pure laughter and joy!
Even the Teachers were Ecstatic to get a little kit! They work so hard and are very deserving of the little gift!
The Bracelets were also a big hit...especially for Steven Kyalo and his beautiful family!
Hands like crafters carve, polish, paint, and varnish all the beautiful tourist gifts. they pump them out like machines and each one is unique and different too!
Too bad they dont have a larger market! All these beautiful things sit here for months waiting for a buyer!
This little sweetie was our guide for all three days in the Kyalo family. She is the youngest and is about 2 years old. I think i will pack her up and bring her home when i am done here!
Just eating Ugali with the orphans. We are so happy for food and a brake from school!
Ugali...Little Boys need there strength! 
Corn flour and boiled water is our favorite meal! Want to try? Making the Hygiene kits for all the kids. Steven was making us laugh so hard! We had a blast just anticipating the excitement of giving them out to the kids!
This little girl was so kind and just kept tugging on my shorts saying thank you! thank you! I had to snag a picture with her.
After we teach them how to brush their teeth...we Give them Lollipops! Each child was so happy to have something sweet in their mouths! A rare treat for them indeed! And even a more rare treat for us to see their happiness and hear their pure laughter and joy!
All the kids saying thank you to each one of you who made this possible!!!
The Bracelets were also a big hit...especially for Steven Kyalo and his beautiful family! Hands like crafters carve, polish, paint, and varnish all the beautiful tourist gifts. they pump them out like machines and each one is unique and different too!Sunday, May 26, 2013
Perfect Days....Can be Every Day
A Good friend of mine is involved with the same volunteer work that i am, except she is in Peru! Her words say it so perfectly....
Tourist Tanlines: Today I was able to watch a grandpa teach his gran...: Today I was able to watch a grandpa teach his grandson how to ride a bike, a family play soccer together and a flock of bird fly together. P...
Tourist Tanlines: Today I was able to watch a grandpa teach his gran...: Today I was able to watch a grandpa teach his grandson how to ride a bike, a family play soccer together and a flock of bird fly together. P...
A Life Of Giving
So this last week has been a blur of crazy amazing experiences-it has
made the whole trip here worth it!
I have spent the last three days of my life working in an orphanage/school in a slum called Sowetto. There I learned from greatest family in Kenya how to really live a life of giving, and how happy we are when we do! There is no way possible for me to share the things I have experienced and learned while staying with Steve Kyalo and his beautiful family. Not only where they great hosts, but they have shaped my future with the unforgettable experiences of their lives, which they graciously allowed us to be apart of!
Steven Kyalo is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint and has a school and orphanage, which he started and runs mainly buy himself! His wife is a teacher there and he is the principal. Most of the teachers donate there time because they get paid very little. And let me tell you they are great teachers full of patients and a love for teaching! which is rare here!!! The orphanage and school are mainly funded by a small business which Steven started. It is the selling of hand carved works like the nativity, Noah's Ark, and Africa sets. They are gorgeous and 100% of the profit goes to the 60 orphans in the small orphanage. go find him on facebook @ Africarver. You can really see some of the specific kids he is helping, like Florance who has just under gone nose surgery because she had a big infection.Steven once use to support himself through school and college with his astounding carving skills. Now he designs and employs those of his tribe with carving skills that need a job in order to take care of their own families. We had an amazing first day just being with the kids and seeing how they lived and helping the older ones prepare for their final exams before they enter high school! My throat was so soar after a full day of lecturing! ha ha and singing and dancing too!
We visited the orphanage and saw how the kids lived in extremely poor circumstances (1 room for all the boys and another for the girls...and these are rooms just big enough for 4 bunk beds..yep that means they sleep about 3 to a bed and many more on the floor or under the bed!) They have so very very little and eat the same thing for almost all 3 meals! i started to cry when i saw how they lived...but i wasn't sure if i was crying because of the things they don't have or because despite their hard conditions they love life and wore the biggest smiles on their faces! We are all so blessed and really have nothing to complain about! Life in America is good!
Day two was spent with Steven, as he showed us many places in Kenya that related with his life! including the new orphanage he is working hard to secure for the kids (it may be arranged as soon as 2 months :)) and also his dream of getting a land plot for over 1000 orphans in the country side. His dreams are unreal...the cool thing is, i know he will achieve these dreams and i hope to have a part in it! He gave us a huge honor of taking us to his tribes carving station by Nairobi. He rarely takes guests there and few people know about the process of making ...rather carving everything out of wood! It was amazing to see and they treated us with so much respect and we all laughed so much! They gave us a few nice gifts for our families. We toured a lot of special places in Kenya and felt like we got a real experience of the lives of these people!Just to see how talented the natives are and if they could find a real market for their things, and Taylor them a bit for their customers they could have a real successful and strong business in artwork, woodwork, and even music! After talking to Steven we have some new ideas to explore when i get home and hope to increase his little business and support these orphans better! Again I am astounded and Stevens generosity and willingness to give all he has to others. He took us to the only stake center in Kenya and taught me an important lesson which we learn in the scriptures and that is that if we give all that we have to the lord he will make great things happen and will also take care of your own family and material needs. I hope one day that i can have as pure as heart as he does!
The third day was the real treat! We had prepared over 110 hygiene kits for each teacher and students!We brough 30 with us which came from family and community members (who we greatly thank!) and used some of our donation money (also from the community, which we again thank with all our hearts for their contributions) and bought all the other materials we needed so no child would be left out! IT was so fun to organize and create these kits. We could have never done it with out your help and without the help of the Kyalo family. We had a big gathering and we sang songs then they treated us with some special traditional and modern dance numbers and even made us get up and dance several with them...they all laughed so hard at us, we simply cant move like they do! They are all excellent dancers, especially when it comes to moving their butts! I couldn't even come close to follow them. They loved it and so did we! We then handed each student a kit and explained how to use them. Their smiles were bigger than I have ever seen. The room was dark and all you could see where big bright smiles and hear the sound of thank you and laughter!!! the feeling was incredible! We took lots of pictures and the kids would would continue to tug on my shorts and say thank you. It was so touching! We then gave them all a lollipop (suckers is a bad word here ha ha ) they loved us even more! and if possible their smiles got bigger! Oh boy I was running all over chasing the kids and Alexis was right their with me. we played and played and everyone had lots of sweets and it was like heaven!
The whole experience has left me feeling so close to Christ and so happy to be a volunteer here. It makes all the hard times worth it! I will never forget their sweet laughter and the big white smiles on their black little faces! It was...uh...it was absolutely life changing in a very personal way!
I hope that I can live A Life of Giving and that we all can live A life of Giving. Find someway to help and give and change the life of one person today. It doesn't have to be something big, it only has to be something that comes from your heart!
*pictures coming soon*
I have spent the last three days of my life working in an orphanage/school in a slum called Sowetto. There I learned from greatest family in Kenya how to really live a life of giving, and how happy we are when we do! There is no way possible for me to share the things I have experienced and learned while staying with Steve Kyalo and his beautiful family. Not only where they great hosts, but they have shaped my future with the unforgettable experiences of their lives, which they graciously allowed us to be apart of!
Steven Kyalo is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint and has a school and orphanage, which he started and runs mainly buy himself! His wife is a teacher there and he is the principal. Most of the teachers donate there time because they get paid very little. And let me tell you they are great teachers full of patients and a love for teaching! which is rare here!!! The orphanage and school are mainly funded by a small business which Steven started. It is the selling of hand carved works like the nativity, Noah's Ark, and Africa sets. They are gorgeous and 100% of the profit goes to the 60 orphans in the small orphanage. go find him on facebook @ Africarver. You can really see some of the specific kids he is helping, like Florance who has just under gone nose surgery because she had a big infection.Steven once use to support himself through school and college with his astounding carving skills. Now he designs and employs those of his tribe with carving skills that need a job in order to take care of their own families. We had an amazing first day just being with the kids and seeing how they lived and helping the older ones prepare for their final exams before they enter high school! My throat was so soar after a full day of lecturing! ha ha and singing and dancing too!
We visited the orphanage and saw how the kids lived in extremely poor circumstances (1 room for all the boys and another for the girls...and these are rooms just big enough for 4 bunk beds..yep that means they sleep about 3 to a bed and many more on the floor or under the bed!) They have so very very little and eat the same thing for almost all 3 meals! i started to cry when i saw how they lived...but i wasn't sure if i was crying because of the things they don't have or because despite their hard conditions they love life and wore the biggest smiles on their faces! We are all so blessed and really have nothing to complain about! Life in America is good!
Day two was spent with Steven, as he showed us many places in Kenya that related with his life! including the new orphanage he is working hard to secure for the kids (it may be arranged as soon as 2 months :)) and also his dream of getting a land plot for over 1000 orphans in the country side. His dreams are unreal...the cool thing is, i know he will achieve these dreams and i hope to have a part in it! He gave us a huge honor of taking us to his tribes carving station by Nairobi. He rarely takes guests there and few people know about the process of making ...rather carving everything out of wood! It was amazing to see and they treated us with so much respect and we all laughed so much! They gave us a few nice gifts for our families. We toured a lot of special places in Kenya and felt like we got a real experience of the lives of these people!Just to see how talented the natives are and if they could find a real market for their things, and Taylor them a bit for their customers they could have a real successful and strong business in artwork, woodwork, and even music! After talking to Steven we have some new ideas to explore when i get home and hope to increase his little business and support these orphans better! Again I am astounded and Stevens generosity and willingness to give all he has to others. He took us to the only stake center in Kenya and taught me an important lesson which we learn in the scriptures and that is that if we give all that we have to the lord he will make great things happen and will also take care of your own family and material needs. I hope one day that i can have as pure as heart as he does!
The third day was the real treat! We had prepared over 110 hygiene kits for each teacher and students!We brough 30 with us which came from family and community members (who we greatly thank!) and used some of our donation money (also from the community, which we again thank with all our hearts for their contributions) and bought all the other materials we needed so no child would be left out! IT was so fun to organize and create these kits. We could have never done it with out your help and without the help of the Kyalo family. We had a big gathering and we sang songs then they treated us with some special traditional and modern dance numbers and even made us get up and dance several with them...they all laughed so hard at us, we simply cant move like they do! They are all excellent dancers, especially when it comes to moving their butts! I couldn't even come close to follow them. They loved it and so did we! We then handed each student a kit and explained how to use them. Their smiles were bigger than I have ever seen. The room was dark and all you could see where big bright smiles and hear the sound of thank you and laughter!!! the feeling was incredible! We took lots of pictures and the kids would would continue to tug on my shorts and say thank you. It was so touching! We then gave them all a lollipop (suckers is a bad word here ha ha ) they loved us even more! and if possible their smiles got bigger! Oh boy I was running all over chasing the kids and Alexis was right their with me. we played and played and everyone had lots of sweets and it was like heaven!
The whole experience has left me feeling so close to Christ and so happy to be a volunteer here. It makes all the hard times worth it! I will never forget their sweet laughter and the big white smiles on their black little faces! It was...uh...it was absolutely life changing in a very personal way!
I hope that I can live A Life of Giving and that we all can live A life of Giving. Find someway to help and give and change the life of one person today. It doesn't have to be something big, it only has to be something that comes from your heart!
*pictures coming soon*
Friday, May 17, 2013
Back To Work!
As you can see I have been getting behind on my blogging! Its because I am Busy....Which Is a good thing :)
School is as it always is...noisy energetic kids trying to learn but wanting to play! Believe me we have all been there! Don't worry i take plenty of time to go and play with them during their P.E. class block. I mostly teach them how to do back flips and other gymnastic routines! they love it! We also continue to braid grass with the girls for several jump rope games and competitions! If you cant find me out in the hot sun with the kids i am inside the hot class tutoring the old kids as they make fun of me and try to teach me Swahili. they are better students than they are teachers! ha ha but i have made some progress!
One of the older kids asked me to go weight lifting with him a few times a week! His name is Josephat. He is 16 years old and as solid as they come. He is brilliant, a hard worker, and nice to the other kids. He also helps take care of his four younger siblings and has Swag to go with it all! The first time he picked me up and we walked 20 min to the gym...aka half a barn with one old bench press, a few curl bars and a few dumb bells. I walked in, and to say that i was intimidated is an understatement! this little shack was packed with 10-12 huge...i mean huge black men! The roles where reversed...it was i who was the minority in a strange world! They were welcoming and even a bit impressed with me. Take that Steven and Mike...i may be small but i can still impress! A Cool guy said he would be my personal trainer! He worked me hard for a full hour...not much brakes! ha ha He is a stud and he works out with me and Josephat as he trains us and records are results! weight lifting is a love hate relationship but it feels good to push my self to the max again! Too bad i dont have all the nutrients i need to get huge! but whatever!
School is as it always is...noisy energetic kids trying to learn but wanting to play! Believe me we have all been there! Don't worry i take plenty of time to go and play with them during their P.E. class block. I mostly teach them how to do back flips and other gymnastic routines! they love it! We also continue to braid grass with the girls for several jump rope games and competitions! If you cant find me out in the hot sun with the kids i am inside the hot class tutoring the old kids as they make fun of me and try to teach me Swahili. they are better students than they are teachers! ha ha but i have made some progress!
One of the older kids asked me to go weight lifting with him a few times a week! His name is Josephat. He is 16 years old and as solid as they come. He is brilliant, a hard worker, and nice to the other kids. He also helps take care of his four younger siblings and has Swag to go with it all! The first time he picked me up and we walked 20 min to the gym...aka half a barn with one old bench press, a few curl bars and a few dumb bells. I walked in, and to say that i was intimidated is an understatement! this little shack was packed with 10-12 huge...i mean huge black men! The roles where reversed...it was i who was the minority in a strange world! They were welcoming and even a bit impressed with me. Take that Steven and Mike...i may be small but i can still impress! A Cool guy said he would be my personal trainer! He worked me hard for a full hour...not much brakes! ha ha He is a stud and he works out with me and Josephat as he trains us and records are results! weight lifting is a love hate relationship but it feels good to push my self to the max again! Too bad i dont have all the nutrients i need to get huge! but whatever!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Day in the city
First week of school wore me out! But not enough to keep me from playing on the weekend! I am in Africa of course i am not going to sit around on a weekend!!! So a trip to the capital it was. I meet Alexis there...we had a map, our creative minds and all day to do whatever we pleased ! First i saw a tall beautiful building and told Lex that was our first destination. We got there and i took a picture. Then i heard man say "come here!" I looked and it was a rather built man in a police uniform. We were told not to talk to men dressed like police, especially in a big city, because most of them are fake and will just steal our money. I responded, a little more harshly than expected, "what! " and kept walking... the man didn't like that and demanded i come to him. He now had two other men with guns(i am sure they were fake ) i stopped and the mam came showed me his badge and yelled at me for a good ten min saying i had no respect and that i was in his country and he could but me in jail for taking pictures of a national building and could be charged as a spy.... i stayed calm and collected. I explained myself and with bravado stated "that maybe they should post signs so tourists would know they cant take pictures! " he told me to get out of the way. We did! Once Alexis fears of being put in jail passed, she couldn't quit laughing. The funny thing is as we went around the block we were asked if we Wanted a tour of the exact same building. We took the offer! it was a gorgeous national conference center.
Our next adventure was losing a drug addict and lunatic that both tried to give me a hug and purposed to me. She was much more scarier than that cop! Hands down! We ended up in a huge street market. A guy pointed out my glasses and said he wanted to trad for them. Told him they were from New York and were about 300 US Dollars and put them in my bag for safe keeping ... obviously i exaggerated... just a little. I actually did buy them from New York but only for 5 dollars :-) He offered some beautiful things worth a lot... but i had to turn him down because he wouldn't give me what i wanted. I drive a hard bargain and those men soon realized it was not i who would be begging but them. We had a blast barter ring and walked away with some great things for a great price.
We were all worn out by this point and went and bought ice-cream and sat in the city park to rest! The day was well spent and it was good to be with Alexis, we laughed all day long over stupid funny things and the fact that we were basically the only white people in this big city... and we owned it!!!!
The International Business Conference Center! (aka national building) if they really want me in jail guess they had there chance!
completely drenched in sweat! part of life here!
Our next adventure was losing a drug addict and lunatic that both tried to give me a hug and purposed to me. She was much more scarier than that cop! Hands down! We ended up in a huge street market. A guy pointed out my glasses and said he wanted to trad for them. Told him they were from New York and were about 300 US Dollars and put them in my bag for safe keeping ... obviously i exaggerated... just a little. I actually did buy them from New York but only for 5 dollars :-) He offered some beautiful things worth a lot... but i had to turn him down because he wouldn't give me what i wanted. I drive a hard bargain and those men soon realized it was not i who would be begging but them. We had a blast barter ring and walked away with some great things for a great price.
We were all worn out by this point and went and bought ice-cream and sat in the city park to rest! The day was well spent and it was good to be with Alexis, we laughed all day long over stupid funny things and the fact that we were basically the only white people in this big city... and we owned it!!!!
The International Business Conference Center! (aka national building) if they really want me in jail guess they had there chance! completely drenched in sweat! part of life here! Thursday, May 9, 2013
Smiles
Smile! It is a choice! Why would we spend time wishing for tomorrow when we've got today?!Days go by and i can already feel them go flying by. Start living right now and choice to have a smile on your face no matter what circumstance you live in, no matter what is happening in your life....That is one of the first lessons i have learned from these kids in school! I thought i came to be a volunteer teacher but instead i am finding out that i came to be a student! There have been some rough times, i have been worn out and frustrated at times, and the teachers definitely get me worked up but life is a choice and these little kids are teaching me how to smile and laugh. They find joy in the simplest of things, like a grass made jump rope, or a simple sweet treat, or a smile, and a fist pump, a marble, a crayon or to get their picture taken! No wonder God says we need to become like little children! They sometimes understand more than we do! They are the best part of this whole trip and definitely make every sacrifice worth it!
Just wanted to say hi to me as i came to school! Class 4 is one of my favorites! I taught them to play rock, paper scissors today and they loved it!!!!
My buddy always says hes got Swag! 
These 3 cute girls live next to us and go to school! They take care of me everyday! I may just pack up the one in front and bring her home in my suit case! Mazy is a doll!!!
Some times it rains.....and we have to walk home through a river! good thing i know how to freak'n swim! Thanks for the swimming lessons mom!
Kids don't want to study if it is raining out side! Neither do I!! lets have some fun, How about dancing in the rain! Wish you all could see this girl throw it down and bust the moves! Funniest thing ever!
We love the rain here because they teachers don't come to class and we can play !.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
School Begins....
Is it the first day of school already? What? I thought i just finished all my finals!! Yep all first days of school are about the same, and apparently it doesn't matter what part of the world yo are in. Hectic, Wild, Fun, Confusion, Smiles, Laughter, Yelling and Pure Bliss would be the words I would use to describe Monday. And as you guessed, it hasn't slown down yet. Which is fine because I stay very busy. It didn't take me long before I was right in with the kids....Kids are easy to please! All they want is attention and credit for the work that they do. They crave complements and a friendly smile! I freely give them out. Every time you see the kids they want a five, a fist bump, a handshake, or to just hold on to your arm or leg; every single one of them! and that's a lot :) Also, the kids have a fascination for my hair. Yes they can't get enough of it, apparently its "so soft," or that's what the kids say. It doesn't matter if its on my head, arms, or legs, they just want to touch it. So call me crazy, but before i begin each class, or sometimes after class i have to give a five min free petting Matt time. HA HA i know i am insane but the kids go crazy for it! They Teachers however are a story for another time. To say it simply they would not be teachers in America! they would be fired the first week! Lazy, Mean, Selfish....ill stop myself before i go to far, but they are just not helping the students at all! These kids are Brilliant, and i mean BRILLIANT in all caps for a reason! Especially when you consider the home environment they come from, the condition of the school they study in, and they lack of effort from the teachers. For an example the kids in class 7 and 8 are studying what in science what i just got done studying in my Human Biology class, and that's not a joke. Good thing i can help them with it.
School is the best!
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Preaching the Gospel
Saturday at home once included cleaning the house and playing with friends. Then in college it was work,clean the apartment,study and homework all day and party with friends all night. Here my first Saturday was sleep in, talk for 2 ours with Bob (Bob is an intelligent and friendly man who has a big heart and much wisdom to share with me, I love his stories!) over breakfast, free read,and the majority of the day was spent preaching the Gospel with the missionaries. It was fantastic, relaxing, and motivating! Missionaries are truly Gods hands here on this earth. The work goes forth no matter the opposition it faces throughout the world. I am proud to be Mormon. I live it, I love it, and I show it. If your the one that just isn't the church going type..wrong! Try again. Christ true and complete Gospel is for everyone. Just sincerely try it with and open mind and you'll see for yourself. This gospel has changed my life and made me into who i am. It is my source of true happiness and motivation.
As a side note I am eating more beans than I ever thought possible and have become an early sleeper again. 9 o'clock! I know compared with my regular 2 or 3 in the morning, going to sleep at 9 or 10 at night seems impossible, but I do. Bob is my witness. I cant even remember the last time i got eight hours of sleep, an now i am getting 9 or 10. My Mom should get a good laugh at that one.
As a side note I am eating more beans than I ever thought possible and have become an early sleeper again. 9 o'clock! I know compared with my regular 2 or 3 in the morning, going to sleep at 9 or 10 at night seems impossible, but I do. Bob is my witness. I cant even remember the last time i got eight hours of sleep, an now i am getting 9 or 10. My Mom should get a good laugh at that one.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Life as I Know it in Kitengela
If you know me then you know I am one to stay busy. I cant sit around! Sooo what do i do...of course fill my time with learning Swahili,exploring the town, making friends, putting on a painting project on a dirt/Rubbish road, and even helping the missionaries of our church! i call that success! I have to be honest and say it is hard not to feel lazy and useless because of all my spear time. Today was one if those days. But our painting project was incredible...a highlight of my journey for sure. Me and Bob had a great time teaching, controlling and getting dirty with what started as 5 kids and building to over 50. Their eyes showed their true delight...over a few colors and a few white strangers.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Assignment to Kitengela
These few days in kenya have already been life changing! No words or pictures could ever discribe what i am feeling and seeing. The first day we visited the second biggest slum in Africa, i call it the happiest place on earth! Wish i could post more pictures but youll have to be more patient... we need lots and lots of patience here. Everyone runs on there own time!
Well too bad they needed to changing my assignment from an orphanage to a primary school. So out of my comfort zone,but it will be good for me. Id like to see your face when you see pictures of where I stay....but i am already feeling at home.
Cant wait to start teaching!!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)