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...

Jambo! I have arrived safe and sound in Kenya! After writing research papers about Kenya in my 10th grade Africa class and my Economic Development class during my senior year in college, it's hard to believe I'm finally in the country I've researched and dreamed so much about. We landed in Nairobi at 6:30 this morning and then were transferred to a temporary host family's house for the next couple of days. There are 4 other volunteers staying at the house, 3...