Hey Ya'll,
Africa is indescribable. The people here are wonderful and incredibly giving and welcoming despite their condition of life. Yesterday and today we visited multiple schools/churches (the churches sponsor the schools so its kinda a combo deal). The children are wonderful. They always wave when they see you or shyly look away smiling. Today I shook the hands of one of them and next thing I knew twenty of them were shaking each of my hand or, in the case of a few, quickly running up, touching my arm, and then sprinting away giggling like a kid in America might if he or she encountered a celebrity. Its amazing how happy they are. Most of them don't have shoes or even a decent soccer ball to play with (the one they had looked like a bunch of fabric tied together) and the dorms at the boarding schools consist of bunk beds lined up side by side with only enough room for a person to squeeze in between them (some of the schools don't have mosquito nets either). Yet, despite all this, they keep smiling and laughing. The adults here are equally as lovable. They are so giving and welcoming. I have already been pulled into multiple dances ( which I failed at :) ) and at this one church they threw a feast for us regardless of the fact that they were suffering from a famine and drought. I wish I had more time to tell you more about Kenya such as how the kids love of getting their picture taken or how the locals in this one village were so proud of their half finished church that was nothing more than a fragile small wooden frame with tin covering 2/3's of the sides but its late and I have another big day tomorrow :). Take care and God bless!
-Amy :)
Dear Amy,
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for you that you are having this experience. It truly is amazing as you say. I hope you will meet Faith, a young woman who wants to be a teacher, and Mariam, who works at the Thirrii Center, where we stayed last year. Tell Florence Murugu hello for us, along with Faith and Mariam. May God bless you more each day. Scharlet