Uhuru Park

Our group today & one of the many awesome maribou storks we saw. 

Out & About in Nairobi

You realize you are not at home when you don't quite recognize all the vegetables. 

And milk is in bags. 

And even when you do recognize it, it is called something else.

Becky was brave enough to try this Thai drink of mango juice & basil seeds.  She reports that it was quite tasty. 

FPFK

Our Nairobi housing is a guarded compound run by a church group. We are bunking upstairs for the most part. 

Our meals are in this common area, where wifi is also available. 

Lala salaama=good night

Just after midnight in Nairobi & we are tucking under our mosquito nets for the night at FPFK. All 11 of us are together & safe, ready for adventure. 

Landed

We are all safe and I will be reading in the customs line there is Wi-Fi!

Off we go!

Six of us are here at PDX, still waiting to board and excited to go!

Jambo!

In less than two weeks our group of eleven will be flying out from several points in North America to serve in Kenya for Forward Edge. If you are interested in volunteer travel definitely google them, because they do good forward thinking work in several countries. This will be my second trip to Kenya with FEI, and I'm pretty excited! Despite the vaccinations, malaria meds, DEET, and time away from my family, I really enjoy helping people & making new friends all over the world. 

Susan & I are tasked with journaling our trip so that everyone back home can get a glimpse of our time in Kenya, and really this is just a test message to get the ball rolling. So bookmark the blog, add it to you reader, however you get here, keep track of us as we spend the next month prepping for & enjoying a life altering trip.

-Peace