Monkeys

Today we went to a park filled with monkeys who would jump on you! So I was working around with a monkey on my head! It was a combo of fun and terror! They kinda went crazy when u pulled out a peanut, they would literally pry open my hand, which made me uncomfortable! And one went digging around in my pocket which was violating! These monkeys were about the size of cats some small some big! Yesterday, we went out to see the orphanage which will be where we are living. It is nice, there are 13kids, and four staff members living there. The staff is really nice, we did not get to meet the kids b/c they were at school. The shower is an outside stall with no roof, so I can shower under the stars with my flashlight and bucket. The toilet is a hole in the ground! I am not too excited about this, but bonus my legs will be very strong by the end of my 3mo! We were only there a short time, but we move out there on Monday! We also went to visit an HIV outreach program. It is run by volunteers who have a weekly support group, and do home visits each day. I think I will be working with them from time to time so that will be awesome! This afternoon we are going to the rift valley, and tomorrow we will visit a Masai church. More adventures to come later!

Kenya

I have landed in Nairobi, Kenya! I will be here for 3mo! I am extremely exhausted at this point! 17hrs in the plane, 22 hrs of airport/travel time! 4 suitcases with 50lbs each, two back packs, and two purses all made it here, but carrying up the 4 floors of stairs was not pleasant! Of course you wonder what we brought, we don't even know! Before we carried all that luggage to our room we had dinner at David's house the man who is hosting us! We are living in his office, it has beds, toilet, shower (which in my opinion has ice water coming thru the spout, my friend Emily liked it but I was in a silent scream of torture the entire shower), and its just down the road! With dinner he gave us chicken blood juice to drink, there were some points I almost threw up, but since it tasted really good I was able to drink it all! Later he told us it was fruit juice, so I am not as hard core as I thought! But I can already tell I am in for an adventure with this guy, he is really nice and a joker so there will be some fun times! So far we have been to the internet cafe and supermarket which was huge, and I spotted ice cream so I am already beyond excited! Tomorrow we go and visit the orphanage, and some places we might be working! I will keep you posted!