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Report from Africa.

I apologize for the delay in posting on my blog. Not only is it a hassle getting to an internet café, but the connection is very slow and the last two times I tried the computer went down in the middle of my session. Frustrating!

Anyway, Kenya continues to be a contradiction for me. One minute I am frustrated with the indirect avoidant style of many and the prevalence of corruption. The next minute I am in love with the children, the people, the animals and the atmosphere. It is hard to explain the atmosphere! In the city of Malindi the noise, traffic, trash and chaos is stimulation and exciting for a very few minutes. Quickly I want to run. Compare this with what you find a short distance away: mostly quiet, villages with mud huts, dirt roads with goats and cows roaming them. One minute I am furious and sad about poor treatment of a child, and the next minute one is running up to me smiling and calling my name. They love to tease me yelling “wash your hands!!!!! ”in a husky voice reflecting my mantra and laryngitis since arrival My feelings are a lot like the weather in Florida, if you don’t like it, just wait a moment and it will change.

Here are some pictures of the mud huts and the children washing hands, a practice I am trying to instill. The girl cutting the cake is a smart, funny, extremely caring person that I will sponser for college.

She wants to be an administrator at an orphanage. For about $1000/ year you can educate a child. Remember “educate a woman and you educate a nation”. Thats me and a staff member with her. She made me a thank you cake. Talk to you as soon as I can.