I am ACTUALLY in Kenya - wow!

WOW! HELLO! :) hope you are all fine and good and lovely. I definately am. I am doing well and im happy and excited for the weeks that lie ahead.
I do not know how much time I have to write!! eeek! I have JUST got a sim card and have been able to contact the girl- bex who arrived here the day before me, she is staying close to the offices where I am now so will be meeting me very soon! wow! what a suprise and adventure!

These last two days ive been resting and working and playing with the 2 rescued girls at my "home". The place is in ngong hills which are around an hour from the offices and an hour from central nairobi - ngong is soooooooooooo cold! unbelievable eh!!?? so so cold, especially at night. right now im in hot centre of town so its ok - im thawing out!!

On my first day I met everyone, there is currently 8 of us in the house, tomorrow I believe there will be 10 as more of lydiah and hedwynn (the directors of the charity) 's children are coming. here in the house there is lydiah, hedwynn, their son josiah, their nephew and neice Mary and Jimmy and the 2 girls... that makes...7... oh and me!! 8!!

Yesturday I helped the girls peel potatos by hand for dinner, it took a long time! home grown potatos from the ngong hills. we cleared the green house (...plastic sheets and sticks!).. of spare leaves and fed the chickens.. then before dinner I sifted rice by hand to get the stones out,... it was worth it dinner was good - oh and the day before I cooked nearly 10 chapatis! it was hard to do - and was VERY hot! but I think i did ok - and was very (christian version of..) proud of myself.

Right... well then today came! my first day at the offices...I met the team again and then went with 3 other team members to the government rehabilitation centre for street kids - these kids are not there by choice, they get put there once they have been arrested and cannot get out unless parents collect them. the team goes there to talk, sing, play and teach the kids. was good but hard.. as the new kids have to tell their stories to the team of how they got there and how to get back... one child who I heard today came to nairobi for what he thought was a day trip, his friends convinced him that he could come and see the tall building and the city, then they said they would take him back, but they didnt they ditched him and went back to their home village which is over 7 hours away - he was stuck in naorobi with no money to get back, no phone, no numbers to call, he didnt even know where his village was or the direction to go in to get there, so then he was arrested. The team will work on how to contact his school and family in his home village and try and get the parents to find him and collect him - the government will not allow the team to take him back.

My friend from England has just arrived at the offices - hallalujah! another person who cannot speak swahili! haha...

Well, I hope to hear from any of you soon! take care and lots of love... il update with what I am doing as soon as possible.

Asante! (thankyou!) bye :)

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