so much has gone on since i last posted, so thats why i avoided the introduction. lets jump into the awesomeness that has been my last week.
-school started at the school and i am teaching a whole whole lot. I picked up 2 more bible classes and now i am head p.e teacher which is fun too.
-last wednesday, we helped deliver food to a IDP camp near by. IDP stands for internally displaced person, a nicer term then what they really are, refugee. they come from areas that were hit with the violence of the past elections that ruined most of this country. the "camp" was nothing more then an empty field that the people live in and wait for the area they used to live, to get better. for some, homes were burned, families were killed, people were chased. it's tough to see, but the delivery of food makes it somewhat better. there was a camera crew and many local officials who came to see the delivery. it was a great 2 hours.
-last friday i hauled all the materials i brought through Nairobi to drop off with a pastor. the bag was around 50 lbs and awkwardly shaped. i got looked at a lot but i liked it. i called the bag "50 lbs of trust" because missions press trusted me with every once of that bag. i loved being able to haul it.
-came home after a long day of hauling the bag to the news that we were having our last all night prayer meeting here. so the whole night was filled with prayer and mini sermons and mandazies and tea. i went to sleep around 4:30 am.
-at 7:30 am, i woke up to go to Nairobi to help my roommate find a suit. suits are cheap here, like really really cheap. so we went to an area called Eastleigh that is really the suit district of kenya. it's full of refugees who came and made a living here. it's great to see, but they tough to make a deal with.
-made a new friend in a shop in Nairobi.
-sunday i got hit with a very, very nasty fever and the flu. i struggled out of bed and questioned me staying in it the rest of the day. after service, i crashed for 5 hours and then was woken up saying that i had to go to a dinner at a woman who has grown fond of us. i never turn down meals, but this was crazy. if i declined, it was like spitting in the face of the woman who invited us. so i went, ate great kikuyu food, and then struggled back.
-the title of this blog was taken from the words i mouthed while trying to fix our toilet. the floor has been looking like hurricane katrina washed through since last week. i still laugh every time i see the water.
so yeah, there is my last week. i only have 16 days left till i leave, which makes me sad that my time is up, and that i have to return to the normal life that America holds for me. i will cry when i leave, and will always miss these kids. i am in the process of trying to find a final feast for the kids to have. it's between 50 pounds of pig, or one goat. tough choice. but i want to leave them with something good.
love you all.
-school started at the school and i am teaching a whole whole lot. I picked up 2 more bible classes and now i am head p.e teacher which is fun too.
-last wednesday, we helped deliver food to a IDP camp near by. IDP stands for internally displaced person, a nicer term then what they really are, refugee. they come from areas that were hit with the violence of the past elections that ruined most of this country. the "camp" was nothing more then an empty field that the people live in and wait for the area they used to live, to get better. for some, homes were burned, families were killed, people were chased. it's tough to see, but the delivery of food makes it somewhat better. there was a camera crew and many local officials who came to see the delivery. it was a great 2 hours.
-last friday i hauled all the materials i brought through Nairobi to drop off with a pastor. the bag was around 50 lbs and awkwardly shaped. i got looked at a lot but i liked it. i called the bag "50 lbs of trust" because missions press trusted me with every once of that bag. i loved being able to haul it.
-came home after a long day of hauling the bag to the news that we were having our last all night prayer meeting here. so the whole night was filled with prayer and mini sermons and mandazies and tea. i went to sleep around 4:30 am.
-at 7:30 am, i woke up to go to Nairobi to help my roommate find a suit. suits are cheap here, like really really cheap. so we went to an area called Eastleigh that is really the suit district of kenya. it's full of refugees who came and made a living here. it's great to see, but they tough to make a deal with.
-made a new friend in a shop in Nairobi.
-sunday i got hit with a very, very nasty fever and the flu. i struggled out of bed and questioned me staying in it the rest of the day. after service, i crashed for 5 hours and then was woken up saying that i had to go to a dinner at a woman who has grown fond of us. i never turn down meals, but this was crazy. if i declined, it was like spitting in the face of the woman who invited us. so i went, ate great kikuyu food, and then struggled back.
-the title of this blog was taken from the words i mouthed while trying to fix our toilet. the floor has been looking like hurricane katrina washed through since last week. i still laugh every time i see the water.
so yeah, there is my last week. i only have 16 days left till i leave, which makes me sad that my time is up, and that i have to return to the normal life that America holds for me. i will cry when i leave, and will always miss these kids. i am in the process of trying to find a final feast for the kids to have. it's between 50 pounds of pig, or one goat. tough choice. but i want to leave them with something good.
love you all.
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