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How can it compare?
You might notice that the number of blogs posted since our return to the States the first part of August has been 3. That's about one per month. That's pretty pathetic. I guess it's just really hard to compare our life here with our life in Kenya....it all seems...
Take a Look
Here's what we've been working for in Kenya. Watching this video makes me realize how grateful I am to have played a part in all of this. In spite of all the seemingly negative or difficult parts of the last two years of our life, I've never had single a moment...
Dubai!
In our hunt to find the cheapest yet safest flight home from Kenya we happened upon a stay over in Dubai. We as in Erika Lee mentioned it, it sounded like a fabulous idea that saved thousands even with a 2 night hotel stay over, we booked it! I didn't know much...
Leaving Kenya
After the big goodbye party, and my "garage sale" and cleaning the house thoroughly, the day of our departure finally arrived. The whole week before Ian was pestered by staff about the necessity of them giving us a "push" to the airport. We TRIED to let them...
Mama Eli’s Duka aka “my Kenyan garage sale”
So months before our departure from Kenya I told Ian that I had hatched a fabulous plan that would allow us to fairly distribute all of the things we had accumulated that would not be returning to the US in our alloted 8 suitcases. That's right. No shipping...
Farewell continued
A farewell at the Centre usually means a tea party planned by the staff. In the past this involved light food: boiled eggs, biscuits, queen cakes and chai. Ian and I decided about a month before leaving that we would like to throw the staff and residents a nice...
Farewell
Goodbyes are a big deal in Kenya. Through out the 15 months that we were in Kenya our family was able to learn about the importance of a proper farewell to Kenyans. Of course we're talking about a going away aka tea party. Of course there will be presents. Of...
A how to lesson
I've posted in the past about my love of kangas & how Kenyans use them to tie babies on their backs. Because some of you asked to see what it looked like to balance the baby on the back, I took a few pictures about a week before we were due to come back home...