Yesterday Steph, Alison, Melanie and I went to a restaurant for lunch, one that we've never eaten at before. We sat down and ordered a round of Coca Cola's. After we sat there for what seemed like a long time, we finally flagged down the waitress and asked for a menu. After waiting another long while, we flagged her down again and asked if we could order, which we did, though she seemed reluctant to listen to what we had to say. After waiting for forever for ...

I love Barrack Obama. Ok, I'm lying, I am not a big fan of politicians in general and am glad I will be living outside of the U.S. during the election simply because I will be spared all of the commercials that begin or end with "I'm (insert politician's name here), and I approve this message." But while I'm in Kenya, I love Barrack Obama. And you would too if you were here, even if you're a McCain supporter. Since Obama's roots are in Kenya, every K...

Jambo! Our host "brother", Brian, is turning 19 so Steph and I decided to have a celebration last night since Grace told us they typically do not celebrate birthdays. We bought a cake with "Happy Birthday Brian!" written on it, candles, Coke, Sprite and an Ocean's 11 DVD (Brian loves to watch DVDs). After we ate dinner, we went into our room, lit the candles and walked out singing. When we told him to make a wish, he sat there for a good 5 ...

Jambo! I am back from the weekend safari! We had a fantastic time. On Friday Steph, 4 other volunteers and I left Nairobi and drove the 6 hours southwest through the Great Rift Valley to Maasai Mara where the annual wildebeest migration is taking place. The Great Rift Valley is quite barren, very dry and dusty, and sparsely dotted with trees and bushes. We passed through tiny Maasai villages where the adults would stare and the children would wave. We often...

Hello all! Since the kids are not in school right now (they are on "holiday"), they have way too much free time and are a bit bored during the day. School begins on September 1 so we decided to purchase some games to keep them entertained until then. Steph, Antony and I took a matatu (which was blaring rap music...my ear drums were not happy) to Karen, a more developed town 15 minutes away from Ngong where Steph and I purchased Twister, Memory, Battl...