Well, we're in Kenya. Finally, after over 24 hours. We're just now waiting for our shuttle van that will take us to our hotel.
I've been longing for a real bed and some form of shower. Obviously. Well, I'll get both of them in a matter of hours.
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I've been noticing the Kenyan accents more and more every hour I spend at this airport. It really is a beautiful culture and Swahili when spoken fluently sounds very awesome. I haven't even started the mission part of my trip and I already love the people and their culture. I don't care about layovers, lines, or long waits anymore, because I'm surrounded by people with a similar state of mind as mine. Everyone around me, in my mission team or not, is so friendly. Hoorah!
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July 25th, 2009
We've been in Kenya for two days. So much has happened. Where can I start? I'll just go in order of occurrence.
My first day in Kenya, at the airport, we were leaving to go to the vans that take us to Nakuru when a Kenyan man stopped me and asked me what the phrase in Swahili meant on our team shirts. I told him, "kindness does not go rotten." He smiled at me and extended his hand saying, "Welcome to Kenya, brother." Wow. This really showed how kind this country is. Naturally.
Just today, we were in our vans on our way to Squatter's Hill, a small slum in Nakuru, and I'll be honest, I wasn't very comfortable. I didn't know what to expect, but we started to drive up, and I noticed that all of the little kids that saw us just brightened up and smiled and waved and laughed. They really enjoy our company. And I'm glad they do, because those kids were the most adorable little bundles of joy. When you are around these kids, you feel so happy and giddy. We would take pictures of them and their friends and show them what they look like, and they were so excited. These children live in some of the worst living conditions I have ever seen, and they are the happiest children ever.
I'm starting to notice the unity grow in our team because we've been frustrated with each other for reasons like exhaustion and pain. But, I think this makes us more connected to each other. We understand each other's problems and we help each other cope with these problems.
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