It's been a bit of a whirlwind since we returned from South Africa' First Mel cooked a TG dinner for our British and Italian housemates and our Kenyan neighbors.The Kenyans arrived Kenyan time (2 hours late) and the electricity had gone out by then so they aren't in the pictures. Mel did a super job with limited ingredients and cooking facilities!
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| Danny |
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| Giovanna |
The following week was a three day math camp in Amagora .I unfortunately got quite sick and had to stay home in bed. Mel, Zach and Danny went and we arranged for one of our former students, Agnes, to go as well to help out. We are also trying to arrange an internship for her in January with our organization..
The monkeys have been around our house a lot recently and up to no good. One threw a large stone at a glass window in our house and broke the glass. Mel thought it was someone shooting at our house and yelled. Agnes looked out and saw one monkey by the window looking smug and three others behind him also looking pleased!
When the guys and Agnes returned from the camp, I cooked a dinner and we had a lengthy conversation about numerous topics. It was a very enjoyable evening.
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| Zach and Danny |
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| Agnes |
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| The hole made by the monkey's throw |
Last week, we had a small party for some of our former students who are still around. They all look so good out of their unattractive uniforms and had so much fun. It was a joy to see them laughing.
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| Pacifica playing ping pong |
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| Agnes |
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| Agnes and Esther eating spaghetti |
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| Sherine and Pacifica |
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| Little Alice in the center |
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| Alice |
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| Pauline |
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| Becky |
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| There was a lot of dancing |
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Becky looked like she had had plenty of practice.
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| We took a trip to Homa Bay to meet Agnes' family.. Agnes is the third of ten children. They all live in a tiny house and her father raises some corn and beans. We talked to her family about her living away from home and doing an internship and told them we would help her if she scores high enough on her exams to go to university. We think she has a bright future. |
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| On the way back from Homa Bay, we spent the night in Rusinga |
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| Linda, the owner of Wayando. |
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| Some photos from Rusinga |
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| On the ferry |
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| Goats and cows on the ferry |
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| Scenes from the matatu on the way back home |
We spent a final night at Kiboko Bay and thoroughly enjoyed the lake view, the pool, the lovely room/tent and the delicious food. During both of our stays in Kenya, KB has been a place where we could relax,
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| The water hyacinths clog the lake and ruin fishing but they are beautiful |
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| I will miss the spreading acacia trees |
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| Rudy is the manager at KB and has been wonderful to us. We will miss him. |
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| We paid a final visit to our friend Mark. Mark is an English teacher at Bishop Abiero and was very kind to us when we were here teaching in 2011-2012. Since we left, he got married ad had a baby, Sammi. |
