Karen's in town! (Mark's wonderful girlfriend). We picked her up from the airport in Nairobi on Thursday. It's so great to have another American around to laugh and speak "normally" to.
I went with Nancy to my first Kenyan wedding! Her cousin is the groom and I met about a hundred "brothers", "sisters", "moms" and "dads" of Nancy's. The wedding wasn't entirely different than weddings in the U.S., but the things that were different were a bit commical. Here, they bride is putting the ring on the groom's hand. They hold it high so all can see. The next picture is of me standing next to Nancy while the bride is wondering who the muzungu is at her wedding, and why he's in the picture. 
The Minister of Parliment, whom we met personally and whom has announced that he will be running for President of Kenya in 2012, has given the workers till the end of the week to finish the electricity project in Kimata. You can see the man hanging the wires here and directly below him is the guy we hired to cut the trunk of the tree we got with a chainsaw.
Gladys stopped by again and brought some pants or "trousers" for some of the older boys at AMCC. For those of you who don't know, Gladys stopped by about 2 and half weeks ago and gave her life to Christ! John is pointing at her as if to say, "This is my spiritual daughter." which is actually what he said right before the picture was taken.
Every day John calls a "parade", which means all the kids stand together as he talks with them. Here he has just informed them that school starts again tomorrow after their month-long break. He has asked them to grab each others ears and repeat so all can be sure to hear and be prepared.
Two nights ago Mark and Karen made fajitas for all the kids! Haha, the little ones didn't like it so much. They said it was "beetta" (bitter) but John made them eat it anyway because it's culturally innapropriate to refuse food that was made for you by guests. Poor little guys. I felt sorry for them. I think it was the cilantro. Kenyans, generally speaking, don't seem to like a wide variety of spices in their food. Most things we eat are neither too sweet nor too spicy.That's all for now! I love you guys!
1. I love the ears picture
ReplyDelete2. Can I be friends with Gladys?
3. So, they probably won't like it if I cook Thai food!
I miss the day I come to AMCC!
1) I like that ears picture too
ReplyDelete2) I think my taste buds are Kenyan, good thing people here don't force me to eat food I don't like!
3) I would have never thought to have taken a suit to Kenya if not told to do so, so if you did that on your own, you're weird and a genius at the same time!!!