Saturday, July 2

10 Things I Love About Kenya

1.  90% of the time, both kids and adults are genuinely excited to wave at you or recieve a wave from you.

2.  Everyone "takes tea" here as many times a day as time (and supplies) allow.. and tea here is deeelicious. 

3.  This part of Kenya is really green and really pretty. Like rolling green hills and lots and lots of corn fields. Today I went through some of those fields and helped giglal students harvest beans!

4.  When it rains, which is pretty much every afternoon,  everyone just kinda stops. Gets under a tree, under a store awning, wherever, and just waits it out. Town is the best place to get stuck.

5.  The food. Roasted maize, chipoti (pita bread kinda), green grams, potatoes, samosas (like empanadas), and bottled soda!

6.  The people. Baby kids, students, teachers, townspeople, homeless people, moms.. most people are surprisingly friendly and cool to talk to.

7.  It lightnings at night! And the stars are crazy good.

8.  Lots of people walk places. And time isn't really something that matters a lot here. So the tempo of most days is slowwww.

9.  It's easy to appreciate the bible here, and I actually look forward to the times I get to read it. 

10.  Toblerone barsssss :)