Life in Kenya

Wow it’s been a while since my last post! I am sorry that it has taken so long but I have been busy with settling in to my new place and new job that I have not been able to get on the internet to post a new blog. I have been doing a lot on my own now and I am still getting the hang of Nairobi and my new life here.

            As I think back to orientation, I think about everything that I learned and how none of the “bad” things would happen to me, but I was completely wrong! I thought that none of the things that the YAVAs talked about would ever happen to me, but I have been proven wrong! I never thought that I would be one of those people that got super homesick, since I have been all over the place since high school and I hardly saw my parents in college anyhow. But that mindset of never getting homesick person all changed. I now felt the sadness that homesickness can bring and I never felt more alone than ever. I found myself shying away from the Kenya group and not being myself. After a talk with my site coordinator, I began to become myself again and open up to the group more. I was able to show my weaknesses and get help from my fellow friends.

Quick Update!

I finally am able to get on the internet for a little bit! YAY! Well this will be a quick update. Since my last blog a lot has changed with my job placement. Across was not responding quickly to my site coordinator so she decided that I could be used somewhere else that will use my talents in a better fashion. I will now be working at a Lutheran Church in Nairobi as a teacher at the school as well as working with the youth at the church. Once I know a little bit more about what I will be doing I will post again. I am looking forward to teaching and working with the youth and hope to start there soon! I meet with Sam the coordinator at the church tomorrow and will hopefully know a little more about what I will be doing.