Everyday Something New

After a few tireless days, we are finally starting to feel a bit rested. We arrived in Nairobi after a more than long flight and although I caught a few zzz's Kale slept but a few winks. Happy to be greeted by Chomlee's friendly face, which we had only seen in photos, we were happy to be informed that he would be taking us to Pastor Regina's house (who Andrea and Kyle stayed with and raved about). We were glad to be in the passenger seats while weaving through the hectic rush hour traffic. It is hard to describe the traffic and unique driving styles here, but it is something to be experienced. After having our ears reminded of the sweet rap tunes of the 1990's we arrived safely at the house.Unfortunately the house was quiet and Pastor Regina and the girls were gone for the week visiting their grandmother. So with a quiet house at our disposal we spent our first Kenyan day sleeping.
Our wakeup call came the next morning not by any electrical device yet by nature's own cockadoodledoo. As I tried to sleep through the crowing Kale sat on the front step to do some journaling, he felt extremely close to home when he was in company of two mangy kittens. When Kale came to wake his greasy haired sleeping beauty it was easy to rise to the smell of sweet Kenyan Chai tea and pancakes in the air.
At the covenant house, we had our orientation along with about 14 other volunteers. The Fadhili staff was still raving about the Carpenter High School group that came just over a year ago. Apparently they were a pretty good crew. After some pertinent how to live in Kenya information; alas, the news we had been waiting for...Where are we going? Answer: Kitengela. 
Kitengela is a smaller community (about 8000ppl), but quickly growing. We've been told it is the fastest growing city in Africa. Close enough to the city (about 45 mins) and known to be on the safer side that some areas of Nairobi. We are staying with a young woman named Lucy in her apartment with a few other volunteers. Today it is the weekend so we are walking around trying to get to know the city. As we walk around it is just as it has been described to us. The kids come out of the wood work cheerfully asking "how are you" and wanting to shake your hand. We are still not sure what our life is truly going to look like here but this week we will start working so it should give us a better idea. Tomorrow we will be leaving to Nairobi to participate in a Medical Camp in another community. It will be our first Matatu experience (Kenyan taxi van's - known to be the quickest mode of transport but also the most careless). Everyday is new.