Quick Update

This past week I have experienced the “real” rainy season in Kenya. It has been raining on and off, but when it rains it pours. Traffic to and from town during rainy days is unbelievably slow. Last week it took me over three hours to complete the usual half hour commute into Nairobi. It has made this past week very boring, since here in Kenya, if it’s raining, the usual daily activities will not go on. The weather is starting to look up these past couple days though, and this morning the sun is shining. Last week we had the chance to celebrate Salome’s 18^th birthday here in Mlolongo before she returned to school. She attends a boarding school in Nairobi so we don’t get see her very much unless she is on holidays. At her all-girls school, academics are the sole focus and they don’t give the students very much freedom or free time. They sleep in one big dorm, a hall with single beds lining the walls. They get fed the same lunch and supper every day – ugali and cabbage. Being back at the house in Mlolongo is special for Salome since she gets some freedom to visit her friends and have fun. We tried to make her birthday special cooking up a feast – chapati with lentils, kuku “chicken”, and of course a birthday cake. Despite the endless rain we all managed to have a great time and celebrate Salome’s birthday.

chapati