First of all, here is a link to pictures I took while in
Kenya: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150811669366419.472839.596911418&type=3&l=37625cc1da. I hope that these pictures help to shed more
light on the descriptions in my previous blog posts. While pictures may say a thousand words,
millions are needed to give you a glimpse into what Kenya is really like.
Slipping back into the life I’ve established in Mexico wasn’t
as difficult as I had thought it would be.
The limited amount of Spanish I knew before heading for Kenya still
remains. My students have been behaving
well (that could have something to do with the video I showed them over the past
two days…). My apartment has running
water and electricity, and my internet even works most of the time. Life has resumed its course, and I’m back in
the midst of it. I have been relishing the
many opportunities I’ve had to share my pictures and stories from Kenya with
others. Seeing the faces of the children
and the cooks from the children’s home makes me miss them terribly, but I know
with time that pain will ebb until it is just a distant memory. In some ways this is good because it will
allow me to focus on the present and what my purpose is right now, but in other
ways I fear I will forget the lessons God taught me while I was there.
I have 46 days left with my students, and of those maybe
only 40 of them teachable days. At this
point I am neither overly excited nor overly sad about the brevity of my time
remaining. I am excited about my future,
but not anxious. I’m just focusing on
one day at a time, making the best of what I have, and living in the moment.
Re-entry wasn’t so bad, but maybe I’m just in denial. :)
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