Kenya Part 3

Day 8- Last day at Elangata (Friday)

Saw: Members of my team give short sermons to the students. Kids running after our vans and waving goodbye as we unwillingly left.

Learned: How difficult it is to say goodbye to a class full of students who have shown you nothing but love and blessings.

Laughed: Tried to teach hundreds of kids to stand up and sit down at the proper time during Hallelujah/Praise Yee the Lord. Another bumpy ride through the African bush

will always bring laughter to my face.

Day 9- Africa Hope, Narok

Saw: The faces of many Kenyans staring at the large group of mzungos (white people) roaming around the city of Narok.

Learned: It only takes about a half hour for 15 people to move some dirt around. Making sloppy-joes with none of the right ingredients can be really fun and still taste okay.

Laughed: Participating in the completion of a crossword after consuming large amounts of coffee magnifies my stuttering and difficulty with spelling. A small child walked up to me in Narok and called me fatty... thanks kid.

Day 10- Day with University students

Saw: The liveliest, most exciting church service in the world.

Learned: How fun it is to run around a church shouting for Jesus and how refreshing an energetic church service can be.

Laughed: When playing volleyball with Kenyan college students using a soccer ball and wearing a skirt. The guy I ate lunch with told me he liked the movie Home Alone.

Day 11- Working at Africa Hope

Saw: A man cut 2x4's straight from a tree freehand with a chainsaw. Impressive.

Learned: That it takes 2 people to carry 1 piece of wood up a mountain. If you nap on a corduroy pillow, you will get lines on your face and your friends will make fun of you.

Laughed: A bird with red eyes got into one of our rooms and gave my friend Chelsey quite a scare. Also, it requires about 20 minutes and two people... one with a towel and the other with the curtain as a guide to get the bird to go out the window.

Day 12- MAASAI MARA

Saw: On our safari we saw ALL THE ANIMALS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM... or so I like to believe. This includes lions, hippos, buffalo, elephants, ostriches, a rhino, hyenas, zebras, giraffes, GAZELLE (so graceful, just like me... hah), warthogs (pumba!), colorful birds, and everything else beautiful in the world. No joke. Africa rules.

Learned: That seeing a wild lion in the beautiful african plain nearly brings me to tears. The many ways Africa Hope helps the people of Kenya and how sponsoring a project or a student can change lives.

Laughed: While waiting to get into the mara, we were being heckled by women trying to sell things. We bartered one of them down to a good price for 2 bracelets. One of them broke about 1 minute later and the woman just looked at us and laughed... cruel, yet funny.