by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 4, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Friends, Kenya
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...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 28, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Food, Friends, Kenya, Travel
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...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 27, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Friends, Kenya
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...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 18, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Kids
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...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 10, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Thoughts, Travel
Habari ya siku mingi! Do you remember me posting in the past of the Kenyan saying, “You’ve been lost” when you haven’t visited someone for a long time? Well, I know that I haven’t visited my blog much in the last few weeks, but rest...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jul 21, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Kids
I had a post on facebook a while back about Eli’s self portrait drawing done at school. It’s a pretty accurate drawing, except for the skin color. When I asked him why he made himself black, he corrected me saying, “Mom! I’m not black,...
