Wild for Kenya

Hey hey hey!! I just read all the notes you've been leaving - Thank you!!! It's so great to see!! Business - mum, dad, I have been trying to email you, but haven't been able to get it sent. Please don't be mad and don't think I'm being evil!

Life here is still good. Hot, but cold, all at once. The nights are quite chilly and the morning bath is getting fast! But then, but midday, it's hot as hell all over again. It's alright - I think I am getting used to it all.

I've put in a request for a cooler site. We find out on Monday the 3rd. We go to Nairobi this weekend, which has been dramatic, but I'll fill in on that once I have some real info to share. Monday is a mtg with supervisors, then Wed we leave for our future sites. I am SO excited!!! Maybe Western province, Rift Valley, Nyanza... Those will all be cool.

When we get there we have to find out about mailboxes. As soon as I know my future address I will be sure to post it here for all y'all. Don't be afraid to keep using the other address, though!!

Lotsa love to you all. I'm working on letters for everyone. If you think there's a chance I don't have you mailing address, PLEASE EMAIL IT TO ME!! I want to write letters, but I know I'm missing a few folks.

End of Week 3

...Not like we are counting the weeks or anything... Umm.. it's the end of week 3 and all is well. We are still in good spirits, getting almost handy with the language, and just starting some community service.

Wednesday morning, we woke early to walk an hour over to a new dispensary. 11 of us were there to build a choo (the others were digging a well, I think). For this, they marked out a 3' x 4' area where we are now digging down to 20' depth. In the 4 hours of work, we got to about 5'. Nice, eh? It's gonna get freakier as we go, and we need a ladder to get in and out, and buckets to remove the dirt. I guess after it is dug and cemented, we will build the surrounding structure to make it complete.

My family is still quite nice. The little people are getting on my nerves, though. It seems all they do is cry!! I've threatened to strangle them, but the mama's just think I'm kidding and laugh. Right.

Hey, my time is about to expire so, sorry to be so short! I gots to go!!

WRITE ME!!

Hamjambo kwa Kitui!

Very quickly!! I am in Kitui, Kenya, a small city about 3 hrs from Nairobi. Cute, smallish, dirty, HOT AS HELL and nice. Language is progressing. People are great. 39 of us now, having lost 2 in staging.

I have a mobile. If you want it, email me and I'll let you know. Or, call my mum.

I am at the post office with a line behind me and 5 minutes left on my card. Love to you all. I hope you enjoy your summers!!

WRITE TO ME!! I want a letter!!