1. I went to church with my host sister Edith. The sermon was on forgiveness and I really enjoyed it. In a lot of their worship songs they called out to God as 'Daddy', were very passionate, and sang "Mighty to Save" (a song I love). There was a nice welcoming after (with drinking chocolate) for guests. At the welcoming, I met a couple who were visiting friends in Kenya but who lived in Colorado Springs, my hometown! :D On our way back home, we bought sugar cane from the street and it was delicious!
2. When we got home, we had lunch, and then Daisy and I ventured out without a Kenyan escort to The Junction, a shopping mall. We made it onto the bus all by ourselves, and I even talked to the bus driver guy in Swahili and he told me good job lol. We went to get froyo and then sat in there for a few hours for the free wi-fi! Afterwards, we stopped at the nakumatt to pick up some things, including a surprise for our host family.
3. We made it back successfully, and since no one was home yet, Daisy and I got to work on our surprise - chocolate covered strawberries. Strawberries are really expensive in Kenya because they are imported, so they are a real treat. When our family came home, they were SHOCKED. But they loved them, and my mom, dad, and edith probably had 10 each. After dinner, Daisy and I had a really cool conversation with our dad (he basically said education and Jesus is the key to escaping poverty - which I totally agree with).
4. Daisy and I also talked to Edith for a while, and really started to connect with her as our sister. We even got to talk to her boyfriend Dixon who lives in the UK and is a Saints fan (he wasn't very happy that I am a Pats fan…). We all ate way too much chocolate together.
5. Every night, Daisy and I have started discussing the day together, sharing 'highs', 'lows', GodSTOPS (savoring the observable presence - times throughout the day where we saw God). Its been a blessing to share this journey with her!
Cool facts about kenya that I noticed today:
-There are rarely nutrition facts on things, no scales anywhere (except i did see a guy on the side of the road with an old scale today charging people to weight themselves, i guess you try to make money from whatever you have!)…Americans, our obsessions with diets and nutritional facts could learn a few things from these people. As my host mom put it - you are a child of God - so live freely, eat well, and enjoy life as God would want you too.
-Kenyans/Africans LOVE sugar (in their tea, sugar cane, juice, hot chocolate, coffee…water is rarely even an option and I never see my family just drinking water (probably because its often not clean…yes they still are all very skinny).
-Education is available for 99% of population - probably one of the biggest reasons it is one of most developed countries in Africa.
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