Sunday, July 1, 2012

End of Homestays


Mimijaseri (perseverance), This is what it took to make it through our 2-day/night homestay! We experienced everything from authentic African cooking to peeing in a hole.  Dougie even managed to pee on herself (it was a little dark).  Many of us woke up with mosquito nets covering our beds, while others woke up with chickens on their heads.  Dougie enjoyed watching the cows being milked right before drinking the milk straight from the cow. Abbey and Caroline got to watch a live chicken being chopped! All in all it was a very rewarding experience learning about a different culture and meeting new families.  While we loved our homestays, we were very excited to take showers and come back to warm beds.  We are all working on our Swahili and are making lots of new friends.  Tomorrow is Safari; we will be up bright and early at 5:15 to ensure we see the big cats. 

Love Abby & Dougie,
ShoutOut to Mr. K for eating all of my good when I don’t eat it Dougie
ShoutOut to the Dingess fam, can’t wait to see you and Bunny
ShoutOut to Mr. Smith for being my replacement Mommy
Shoutout to the Scanlan fam, miss y’all!!