Hi Everyone! I have officially arrived in Nairobi. The weather is still great and I am certainly well fed. I am quite positive that I will be at least a ton when I get back. EVERYTHING is fried in as much oil as possible. It is just me and my host mom, Mary, and her "distant relative" who is an orphan she took in so she can go to school, but she also does all the cleaning. She is 14 yrs and her name is Lillian. The dad is in their rural home in Kis...

I have officially arrived in Kenya! The weather, food, and people have been great. We are currently doing a 4 day orientation at a monestary compound in a wealthy area of just outside of Nairobi called Karen. THe area is the location of the coffee plantation in the movie "Out of Africa." It is a very beautiful place but we all feel a little to sheltered as it is a gated/guarded compound in which we have not been able to leave except for about a half ...

After numerous people (most recently Megan and Rachel) have asked me if I was going to have a blog while I was in Kenya, I finally made one. So here it is. I am still unsure of my new departure date since the program was pushed back a week due to the recent election violence in Kenya, but it will most likely be the 25th of January. I am currently writing my predeparture paper for my "maximizing study abroad" class and debating about whether or not I ...