Hi Everyone,
I have arrived safely into Kenya at 8:30pm which is about 1:30pm your time on August 8, 2008. This blog has been delayed because i have not had the best Internet connection and i have had no time to post. It has been about 8 days since i arrived and i love Kenya...it is so beautiful and full of lovely people. Nairobi is a very busy city and people drive like they are 'mad'...thank God that i am not driving anywhere...I have stayed at some very nice hotels since i have been here now i am at a missions house where it is very "cozy" not as luxurious as the other hotels i have stayed at.
Everyone here thinks i am Kenyan... ha ha ha...specifically from West Kenya. They often start to speak to me in Swahili and i just look at them as though i am def and dumb. Well that is how they look at me when i don't respond. In a way it is OK because then i blend in with the rest of the population because everyone here looks like me...definitely not like Canada which is very multicultural. I have been to the local church i believe it is called "Nairobi Pentecostal Church" it is HUGE!!!!! They have three services on Sunday and every one of them is packed (standing room only) I really enjoyed the service well its Pentecostal so you know that the place was jammin'. I also visited the Masai market (probably spelling that wrong) it was nice i got a painting made from banana skins its actually kinda cool.
In the middle of last week i visited the projects which Crossroads is working in. I worked in a small village where the project was...it is a girl's rehabilitation center and they have done amazing work. For my data collection i had to interview young girls and young boys to see how much this project has helped their lives. I heard many stories from each young person, it is amazing to see how healthy and loved they feel now since joining the project. Some were street kids and some are orphans. Many young girls have babies, some girls as young as 15 years old. They have shown me what true strength is and i am grateful and thankful to God that i had a chance to meet them and hear their stories.
Now i am putting together all of the data to write a report for Crossroads. I have not gotten sick yet, or bitten by any bugs at all. Praise the LORD!!!...i will be in Kenya for the next 7 days then off to Zambia until Dec 7, 2008.
I have arrived safely into Kenya at 8:30pm which is about 1:30pm your time on August 8, 2008. This blog has been delayed because i have not had the best Internet connection and i have had no time to post. It has been about 8 days since i arrived and i love Kenya...it is so beautiful and full of lovely people. Nairobi is a very busy city and people drive like they are 'mad'...thank God that i am not driving anywhere...I have stayed at some very nice hotels since i have been here now i am at a missions house where it is very "cozy" not as luxurious as the other hotels i have stayed at.
Everyone here thinks i am Kenyan... ha ha ha...specifically from West Kenya. They often start to speak to me in Swahili and i just look at them as though i am def and dumb. Well that is how they look at me when i don't respond. In a way it is OK because then i blend in with the rest of the population because everyone here looks like me...definitely not like Canada which is very multicultural. I have been to the local church i believe it is called "Nairobi Pentecostal Church" it is HUGE!!!!! They have three services on Sunday and every one of them is packed (standing room only) I really enjoyed the service well its Pentecostal so you know that the place was jammin'. I also visited the Masai market (probably spelling that wrong) it was nice i got a painting made from banana skins its actually kinda cool.
In the middle of last week i visited the projects which Crossroads is working in. I worked in a small village where the project was...it is a girl's rehabilitation center and they have done amazing work. For my data collection i had to interview young girls and young boys to see how much this project has helped their lives. I heard many stories from each young person, it is amazing to see how healthy and loved they feel now since joining the project. Some were street kids and some are orphans. Many young girls have babies, some girls as young as 15 years old. They have shown me what true strength is and i am grateful and thankful to God that i had a chance to meet them and hear their stories.
Now i am putting together all of the data to write a report for Crossroads. I have not gotten sick yet, or bitten by any bugs at all. Praise the LORD!!!...i will be in Kenya for the next 7 days then off to Zambia until Dec 7, 2008.
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