Cody Jan 28

Today, in the morning, I didn’t really do anything. Mom said she was going into town for some reason, but I was still really sleepy. So I stayed in for a bit. I knew mom wasn’t going to be back for a while, so I decided to go outside with a book and tan for a bit. It was kind of late in the morning so it was getting kind of uncomfortable in the blazing sun. So, I only stayed out there for like 20-25 minutes. After that I went back inside to read my book some more. It was only then that I realized I wasn’t really reading, I was just kind of looking at the words. I kept thinking about guitar and what songs I know how to play. Shortly after, Mom got back home and we went back to the friends of Kakamega orphanage. We were going to meet with Dorothy but we got there to late and she had to go back to her house. We met with Pastor Nelson, and talked about… something good, I don’t know. So he called Dorothy for us and she had sent a taxi over to pick us up and bring us to her house. On the way they had these huge speed bumps that we had to go on an angle just so we didn’t hit the bottom of the car. Most of the time we didn’t hit the speed bump right so we grinded the bottom of the car against the dirt. It took us nearly an hour just to go like 40km. We got there and were quickly greeted by Dorothy. We sat down and Mom started asking questions about the home-based programme and about the orphanage. Then Dorothy’s husband came in and started talking to Terry about his farm (by the way they had a farm) and a little about fish farms and how they brought in more money then just a regular farm. We talked for a bit (well I didn’t really talk at all) and then we went into another room to have tea. In Kenya, when you have tea, you don’t really have tea. You have like a whole feast of foods. We had tea, of course, sandwiches, bananas, some fried eggs, and we also had boiled bananas. You might be thinking that it was nasty, but it was actually pretty good. It tasted just like a baked potato but with no sour cream or butter on it. I realised that I’m actually starting to like tea, and not just herbal tea, like tea tea.

After we were finished, Dorothy’s husband gave us a mini tour of his place. He had a couple cows, some funky looking chickens, and some banana trees. That was the first time I have ever seen a banana tree and I was a little disappointed. I thought they would be big tall trees, but they were like a big plant. I guess they were like mini palm trees but u could easily rip one out of the ground. It’s hard to describe. So after we were finished the tour, we got in another taxi and he dropped us off at a university where we would be meeting with a group called Rotaract, which is just the university/college level of Rotary. It was pretty funny because Terry was trying to get some laughs in his speech but he barely got any and I said like 15 words and everybody was laughing. I guess I’m just a funny guy. After the meeting it was getting a bit dark outside, so before it got completely dark we wanted a picture of everybody. After the picture we started to walk home. A couple of the Rotaract members walked with us because it was dangerous at night time. I’m happy to say that we made it back safely and we got some drink before we got in. When we got back to our house, I just curled up in my bed after setting up my mosquito net and went to sleep.