Summer, Kenya, and Vampires.

I didn't realize it'd been so long since I updated! Almost a month, wups. I've been super busy...I got a job! I'll be teaching 1st grade in Eagle Mtn./Saginaw. I've also had quite a few Kenya presentations to make, which is FANTASTIC, I love it. I worked at camp for a week, I took a quick trip to see California with some friends, it was way fun, and this weekend, Jessica and I drove to Austin to float the river with Christine. Amidst all this, I've gotten TOTALLY HOOKED on the Twilight series. I'm looking forward to when I get settled into my new apartment so I can spend time reading about intense mysterious vampire love.

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I need to continue blogging so I'll have an easy way to remember a lot of my experiences in Kenya. Let me tell you some funny stories since my last few posts have been somewhat sentimental. Okay they might not all be really funny, but they're interesting.

I was sitting with the teachers one day during a break from class when Madame Sarafina said, "Do you eat Ugali in your country?"

me: "No, I'd actually never heard of something like Ugali until I came to Kenya."

she said (loudly and with very much intrigue), "THEN WHAT DO YOU EAT?!?!"

This might not be a great story to post online, but man, it was hilarious. I wish you could hear me say it, and even more, I wish I'd captured a picture of her face.

Another funny story, Lindsey and I were sitting around in her living area, and I got up to go to the bathroom, and on the way I picked up the bread bag and started walking out the door. I suppose this kind of wack could've happened anywhere, but it made it funnier that I was in Kenya. Linds & I were probably exhausted or something. Why did I subconciously pick up a bag of bread on the way to the bathroom? What was I gonna do with it?! hahaha! Even though that really has nothing to do with Kenya, it was probably one of the funniest moments in my whole time there.

I have lots of little random stories.....

such as the time Lindsey and I took public transportation back from Nairobi, and we got on a matatu that smelled awful. It smelled like dead fish. We were sitting at the back, so we opened the windows and stuck our heads out the window to keep from gagging, only it was really windy and cold (remember I lived in a cold part of Africa). Leaving the matatu, we did indeed spot a raw, dead fish on the floor of our matatu. big ew.

The first week I was at Tumaini, I got to go to a traditional Kenyan wedding. It was really sweet and interesting, simliar in some ways, I think I remember posting about it back in December. It was in our church, and the center aisle was about 20-25 feet long. The bride walks a certain way, and it took her 3 minutes and 40 seconds to get down the aisle. almost 4 whole minutes! That's so fun for the bride, but wow, there were probably only 12-14 rows of chairs. I mean count out 3 minutes 40 seconds...that's a long walk! I got a video of the whole thing, but I might not post that one. =]

Later on at the end of the wedding, the parents of the couple give them a gift. One set of parents brought a sheep into the church, it was really sweet, until the sheep peed right there at the altar.

Have a told you about "The Case of the Missing Retainer?" Let me know, I can't remember.

Looking at pictures reminds me of more stories, but it also makes me miss the kids more. They're soooo sweet. I really do miss them a lot sometimes.

Here's a video from the wedding. When you "baa" at sheep, they "baa" back at you. We didn't even "baa" at this one, hahaha, sheep are so funny.