4/25/09
Dear Journal,
I just arrived to Kenya and I am so excited! It has been three months since I heard that I was chosen to travel here and since then I could hardly wait. Three other people were sent from my college along with me, and we will be living here for the next four months doing missionary work in the smaller villages. Our living situations aren’t what you would call the “Four Seasons,” but they are accommodating. I am in a room with one girl from my school, but also with two other girls from other colleges. It is amazing how many kids there are here helping us make a better Kenya. Over all, I think that there are about 30 kids helping out, in this village. There are also other kids helping in different villages in Kenya, and all over Africa. Today there are just letting us settle in and get used to the surroundings, but tomorrow we get to start helping, which is why I am here.
4/28/09/
Dear Journal,
The past few days have been jam packed with work. We get up at the crack of dawn, eat breakfast, then off to work we go. On the first day of the job we went to an orphanage to bring food and toys for the children. We spent almost all of the day playing and bonding with them. It was a lot of fun. I felt so great when we were leaving because I knew that we had just done something really great.
5/7/09
Dear Journal,
I know that it has been a really long time since I last wrote, but we have been so busy! Every day is a new experience and I absolutely love it. A few days ago we drove, well rode in the back of a pickup truck, to a little village that was in need of help. The drive was about an hour long, but it seemed to go by much quicker. As we drove our surroundings quickly changed as we left the outside of the city to the countryside. When we arrived to the tribal village of the Kikuyu we unloaded the trucks and took the food into the huts. The tribal people were so happy that we were there and they gave us presents. The presents were so cool. They weren’t like anything that you could get in some gift store, they were amazing. I know I am only a few weeks into my trip, but I really do feel like I have helped these people. I miss home, but I know that I have many more people to help, and I can’t wait. I love this life and I want to do it forever. It makes me feel so good knowing that people are living better because I helped them. I am so happy that I was chosen for this trip and I can’t wait to help more people.
