by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jan 15, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Friends, Kenya
can easily be turned upside down in Kenya. Take Day 4 of the Tour. This was supposed to be our agenda: Giraffe Park & Amani Ya Juu. Our agenda changed into: Airport, Salvation Army Headquarters to take care of business & Amani Ya Juu. Erika and Rhett got a...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jan 14, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Food, Friends, Kenya
What happened? Didn’t day 2 and 3 happen a while ago? Yes. Mmmm, I’m lazy. Day 2 happened. We (Ian, I, Rhett, Erika and Lucy) went to Nairobi, had pizza at the french restaurant, went to Spinners’ Web ( a great place to get Kenyan souvenirs that...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jan 3, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Food, Friends, Kenya
So, part 2 of Christmas was our (ok solely Ian’s) acceptance of an invitation to a local family’s house for dinner. This family lives in the Umoja slum right next to Karibu Centre. The family is quite nice, and we had them for dinner once after the dad,...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Dec 26, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Food, Friends, Kenya
It’s interesting to live in a foreign culture simply to experience all of the expectations and unique traditions that come along with the holidays. Kenya is a warm climate place (ever read that book “Foreign to Familiar”?) and relationships are of...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Nov 3, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Food
I love soup. That is one of my favorite things about fall in the northwest…cooking warm or spicy foods to warm you up after being out in the wind and rain of Portland. It’s never really like that here in Kenya. It pretty much feels like summer...
