I had absolutely no time to write yesterday. Things were hectic. I was also really sick. I'm not sure if it was carsickness or what, but I'm doing better now. Last night we unloaded all of our bins. Oh, and thank God because all of our luggage made it! Everyone was tired, so I'm pretty sure everyone slept great :) Oh and hey, my bed was actually pretty comfy!
Today was incredible. The food here is pretty good. We woke up at seven and headed to the vans at eight. We then went up to Squatters Hill... the slums of Nakuru. As soon as we got there all of the little kids waved at us and excitingly followed our vans. They were shouting "Mzungu!" which means white people in kiswahili. At first there were only about twenty children, but then they all came out from every direction, and by the end there were at least one hundred. They were adorable. They lov
e when you take pictures of them. They like seeing themselves on your digital camera. It's so cute. There was a school right in the middle of the hill with about two hundred little kids inside. They were all in red uniforms, which ironically were the ones that we sent to them! We danced and sand with them for a long time. We gave them hi-fives (Brady and I started the trend) which they LOVED! When we told the teachers that we had to go, you could see the sadness in their faces. We told them to tell the children that we would be back again, and we headed off to the clinic site. It was at a very small hospital... not much to see. It's hard to imagine that thousands will line up to be examined. We then headed to the school where the VBS is going to be held. It's called the United Methodist Mission School. As soon as we pulled in the children were lined up at the windows. It was a very large school compared to Squatters Hill. They said it was built only six months ago. It's the school that we helped to fund. Again, they were wearing the uniforms we had sent. We were then given a tour of the outside. They showed us their recreation yard. It was the size of a football field... but it was all dirt. There were a few kids playing soccer. They also showed us their garden. They had quite a lot of vegetables that I had never even heard of before. They are planning to put in a fish pond. They are coming along pretty well. They wouldn't show us the classrooms because they said they weren't clean. I'm sure they were fine. It's so funny how differently we get treated based on the color of our skin. It's like all of us are movie stars. They all stare and wave at us. They all wanted to talk to us. It's... unreal.
We did find out something that was a little unsuspected. There were 150 children and 300 youth. We had planned on it being the other way around. This presents some dilemma in the activities we have planned. I think we will discuss what we are going to do at your team meeting tonight.
After we toured as much of the school as they would let us see, the clinic people headed back to the hospital, and we headed to the hotel. All of us sorted and got things ready for our various jobs. Then Haley and I took a two hour nap! I'm still tired. I'm sure I'll sleep good tonight! I'm also kind of nauseous again. I think it's the Doxycycline (Malaria Meds) :(
Today was incredible. The food here is pretty good. We woke up at seven and headed to the vans at eight. We then went up to Squatters Hill... the slums of Nakuru. As soon as we got there all of the little kids waved at us and excitingly followed our vans. They were shouting "Mzungu!" which means white people in kiswahili. At first there were only about twenty children, but then they all came out from every direction, and by the end there were at least one hundred. They were adorable. They lov
e when you take pictures of them. They like seeing themselves on your digital camera. It's so cute. There was a school right in the middle of the hill with about two hundred little kids inside. They were all in red uniforms, which ironically were the ones that we sent to them! We danced and sand with them for a long time. We gave them hi-fives (Brady and I started the trend) which they LOVED! When we told the teachers that we had to go, you could see the sadness in their faces. We told them to tell the children that we would be back again, and we headed off to the clinic site. It was at a very small hospital... not much to see. It's hard to imagine that thousands will line up to be examined. We then headed to the school where the VBS is going to be held. It's called the United Methodist Mission School. As soon as we pulled in the children were lined up at the windows. It was a very large school compared to Squatters Hill. They said it was built only six months ago. It's the school that we helped to fund. Again, they were wearing the uniforms we had sent. We were then given a tour of the outside. They showed us their recreation yard. It was the size of a football field... but it was all dirt. There were a few kids playing soccer. They also showed us their garden. They had quite a lot of vegetables that I had never even heard of before. They are planning to put in a fish pond. They are coming along pretty well. They wouldn't show us the classrooms because they said they weren't clean. I'm sure they were fine. It's so funny how differently we get treated based on the color of our skin. It's like all of us are movie stars. They all stare and wave at us. They all wanted to talk to us. It's... unreal.We did find out something that was a little unsuspected. There were 150 children and 300 youth. We had planned on it being the other way around. This presents some dilemma in the activities we have planned. I think we will discuss what we are going to do at your team meeting tonight.
After we toured as much of the school as they would let us see, the clinic people headed back to the hospital, and we headed to the hotel. All of us sorted and got things ready for our various jobs. Then Haley and I took a two hour nap! I'm still tired. I'm sure I'll sleep good tonight! I'm also kind of nauseous again. I think it's the Doxycycline (Malaria Meds) :(
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