Today we went and had fun with our buddies Benard and Donna at the really good Lebanese restaurant. Benard is a trip. They do not have school this week so he was also with his friend. Benard and Donna are lucky to have each other. It is beautiful.
Tomorrow we are off to Lamu until Sunday. I am pumped for the beach. I hope the weather will cooperate. It is going to be awesome. A island where the only car is the ambulance. Talk to you later.
Sunday we went back to the Orphanage to Mass and to hang out with the kids, get some more questions answered, of course hang out with the kids.
This week there was a special mass. It was in honor of Mia a volunteer that died five years ago from malaria complications while here at the orphanage. Her family was there to visit the place where she passed away for the first time ever. It was a moving experience for all. After the normal mass, there was a special song that was written for her after her death that a couple of the children sang. Then we went out to the tree which was planted in her honor. The family said a couple of words. In reality as everything should be, it was a celebration of her life. It was beautiful. They all talked of how the happiest they ever heard her was when she was there. Her mother said how in her diary every night she prayed for the children and did not know how she could ever leave them. She will now always be there with them in spirit. So sad for the family and the children who were sobbing with so much death around them. It is ever present in their lives.
But they are still so full of life and love. We can all learn from them.
On Saturday we went out the Giraffe Center just outside of Nairobi. It was set up to protect a specific type of giraffe which is endangored.
That is a tongue.
It was a nice break from all of the interviews and traveling that we were doing all week. It was also great to go out to dinner last night for Jennifer's birthday. This Italian place just around the corner from our studio. I am not sure weather it was just the fact that I had not had anything like lasagna in a while but it seemed like the best ever. Check out this video below. It is funny.
We ended up going out there with our new friend George who is in charge of the sustainability of the village. We left town around 3:30 and got to the nearest town to the village around 6:30 where we waited for a ride. This gave us time to have a warm beer (the preference to many Kenyans) while we waited.
Our friend Don, 77, arrived in the morning on the back of a Motorcycle taxi that delivered him from the overnight bus from Mombassa.
All day the Grandmothers weave baskets, which they sell. (part of the big picture to become self sustaining)
Sister Mary always doing her best to be a teacher and a nun.
Jennifer, Jen, from Austrailia, and Maria, from Spain, hang out after the dedication.
One of the cooks making Japati one of our favorite. A thick tortilla in a way.
We had interviews all day. This one with Nicholas.
Maria and John, from Cleveland
Susan never stops. She also organized the donation of a couple boxes of clothes to the kids.
During all hours of the day the crops must be guarded to prevent monkeys and baboons from stealing the produce. One of them uses this bow and arrow.
It was a very interesting ride back. We picked up a Matatu from this town. A goat hopped out when we were hopping in. We then changed into a bus in the next big town. Luckily we did not have 75 chickens strapped to the top like many busses. Although, I was in the back row which at times was like a bucking bronco.
It is such a small world
