I have definitely arrived – right when I walked off the plane in Kisumu, I snuffed a bug up my nose and I thought “I’m here!”. J It’s funny how the smells of smoke, gasoline and b.o. conjure up such fond memories, but they do. I got to YGC (the orphanage I worked at last time) last night – the kids were all waiting outside and sang me a welcome song. So much fun! I slept a full 9 hours last night (awesome) and have just been hanging out with the kids all day. I did get to go to Momballeo (not sure on the spelling) to a farm that YGC has – we went to gather vegetables for the week. There are many “in progress” projects there – they eventually want to have fish ponds and more crops, but don’t have the funds. Right now, they have the ponds carved out and ready, but the dirt is too absorbent, so they need to line each pond with a special lining that costs something like 300,000 shillings (approx. $3300). So that’s on hold. The crops are doing well, but aren’t getting weeded, leaving a lot of work to be done. They have many different types of greens (kassava and kale are the only two I can remember), pineapple, watermelon, tomatoes, onions, coriander, etc… They water it by drip irrigation, which is the most economical (I learned). It was really pretty though – reminded me a little of Mbita.
I’ve been having a lot of fun with the kids – many familiar faces and some new ones. We played some football (soccer) this morning, I showed them some pictures from last time, and they taught me more words in Luo. I am definitely going to sleep well tonight!
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