hey everyone, this blog only has about maybe a week and a half left cause i am home in less then a week. so just a heads up.
it's been calm here for the most part but i have about 5 days till i leave. we are trying to make the best of it and get a lot of stuff done but its tough to do with the things planned here. bill, my roommate, is the computer teacher for the school, we just got the school hooked up to a network so 2 computers can run off the internet. i know it sounds high tech and totally crazy, but it's a yellow cord that goes to one computer to another, not as crazy. but his computer classes are writing emails to his friends and are in the computer lab from 8 am to 9 pm trying to get everyone to send out at least 3. its good stuff for them to learn, but takes a lot of work to execute. after we leave the computer lab might or might not be open anymore since the only people that know how to work with and fix computers are leaving. but who knows. this place is a graveyard for donated computers.
monday was a fun day, i found out the school had a squirrel problem and they were eating all the seeds that have been planted, crazy right? i also found out that they caught one in a trap right when i was debating finding meat for dinner (lack of meat makes me go crazy). i asked if i killed it, if i could have it, the technician said sure and it was mine. easy to kill and clean, fur comes off like nothing. threw it in a pan with some oil and it tasted amazing. it has the color and texture of chicken, but a way better taste. i loved it. also i got free meat. everyone that tried it liked it too, even the kenyans who thought i was crazy. so now i am checking the trap everyday for a male that is crafty and cocky. i baited it with oranges and still waiting.
early saturday morning i went out with the cook to search for a goat for Madaraka day which is independence day for Kenya. we walked 3 km to a nice ranch that raised them, but they were asking for 5000 and i only wanted to spend 3000. so we walked backed, discussed options such as going to a strange part of Nairobi and visiting a slaughter house. 20 min after i got back, Lucy our team mom called me down to look at one that was 3000, it was small, but i liked it. so now i am the owner of a animal again. this one will last maybe one meal but feed all the kids.
i gave my last 2 sermons here to the kids and am officially done. today is our last sunday here so it will be a strange, sad day. i still teach everyday this week, since i leave late friday. 2 new housemates are coming on wednesday i guess, but who knows if it will happen. no school for Madaraka day, so only 4 days to teach. it will be tough to leave, but i really will be happy to be home. Kidscamp will go on at the end of june, and i am very excited to be going for my 5th year in a row. i have graduation parties to go to and such also, and many things that i am very excited for. my grandpas 90th is what i am excited for the most i think, cause it makes it easy to see the whole family and also see my grandpa.
no real updates other then that. i leave friday night at 2355 and arrive in Zurich at around 0600 then leave zurich at around 1300 then back in the u.s june 4th at around 1635. so yeah.
it's been calm here for the most part but i have about 5 days till i leave. we are trying to make the best of it and get a lot of stuff done but its tough to do with the things planned here. bill, my roommate, is the computer teacher for the school, we just got the school hooked up to a network so 2 computers can run off the internet. i know it sounds high tech and totally crazy, but it's a yellow cord that goes to one computer to another, not as crazy. but his computer classes are writing emails to his friends and are in the computer lab from 8 am to 9 pm trying to get everyone to send out at least 3. its good stuff for them to learn, but takes a lot of work to execute. after we leave the computer lab might or might not be open anymore since the only people that know how to work with and fix computers are leaving. but who knows. this place is a graveyard for donated computers.
monday was a fun day, i found out the school had a squirrel problem and they were eating all the seeds that have been planted, crazy right? i also found out that they caught one in a trap right when i was debating finding meat for dinner (lack of meat makes me go crazy). i asked if i killed it, if i could have it, the technician said sure and it was mine. easy to kill and clean, fur comes off like nothing. threw it in a pan with some oil and it tasted amazing. it has the color and texture of chicken, but a way better taste. i loved it. also i got free meat. everyone that tried it liked it too, even the kenyans who thought i was crazy. so now i am checking the trap everyday for a male that is crafty and cocky. i baited it with oranges and still waiting.
early saturday morning i went out with the cook to search for a goat for Madaraka day which is independence day for Kenya. we walked 3 km to a nice ranch that raised them, but they were asking for 5000 and i only wanted to spend 3000. so we walked backed, discussed options such as going to a strange part of Nairobi and visiting a slaughter house. 20 min after i got back, Lucy our team mom called me down to look at one that was 3000, it was small, but i liked it. so now i am the owner of a animal again. this one will last maybe one meal but feed all the kids.
i gave my last 2 sermons here to the kids and am officially done. today is our last sunday here so it will be a strange, sad day. i still teach everyday this week, since i leave late friday. 2 new housemates are coming on wednesday i guess, but who knows if it will happen. no school for Madaraka day, so only 4 days to teach. it will be tough to leave, but i really will be happy to be home. Kidscamp will go on at the end of june, and i am very excited to be going for my 5th year in a row. i have graduation parties to go to and such also, and many things that i am very excited for. my grandpas 90th is what i am excited for the most i think, cause it makes it easy to see the whole family and also see my grandpa.
no real updates other then that. i leave friday night at 2355 and arrive in Zurich at around 0600 then leave zurich at around 1300 then back in the u.s june 4th at around 1635. so yeah.
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