I finally have a bit of time to really update you all on what's been going on here.
Last Friday I went to Muranga with Immaculate from Mothers' Concern and Matt and Victor. Muranga is a rural area about 2 hours drive from here. I'm not sure if I've written about Mothers' Concern yet, but it's and group that provides support and loans to mothers. In Kayole, they make beaded baskets and jewelery. The group in Muranga is building a bore hole so they can sell water to the community. It was really interesting to see more of the work Immaculate does and just to see another part of Kenya. After that, we went to see Fadhili, one of our neighbors, play in a concert in Nairobi to benefit Maisha International Orphanage.
Over the weekend I went to visit my host family from last time I was here (3 years ago). I rode the matatu (public transport vans) there with Christine and Jenni, which was nice, and then they came to Eunice's house and ate lunch with me. I spent Saturday night there and really enjoyed catching up with Eunice and her two boys, Gabriel and David. When I came back on Sunday, I had to ride the matatu by myself, but it went fine. I even managed to switch vehicles and get off at the right place. It was nice to have a bit of freedom since Alice usually doesn't let me go places alone.
On Monday Candlelight had a goodbye party for Jenni, Marc, and Matt (and me). It was really nice - the kids sang us some songs and then all of the teachers talked a little about the work we did there. I'm really glad I'm not leaving yet because otherwise I would definitely have cried...
Since Jenni and Marc left now, I have more freedom to do what I want to. Yesterday I went to Nancy's brother's graduation in town. It was nice to meet more of her family and to hang out with her and Wema more. Wema lives next door (he's Fadhili's brother) and I'm so glad I'm getting to know him and Fadhili better.
This weekend I was going to go to Nyahururu to visit Professor Mpesha's daughter, but she had to change the plans, so I think I'll be going next weekend instead. This means that I have the whole weekend free, so hopefully I'll find something fun to do!
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