May 2011 – We Are Kenya

Most vs. Least

Post author:Michelle
Post published:June 17, 2011
Post category:Blog / May 2011 / Mission Trips
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I've had this blog written for a few weeks. I wrote it around 5am one morning in Kenya when I had given up fighting my body clock. We had so many…

How Do You Learn?

Post author:Michelle
Post published:June 6, 2011
Post category:Blog / May 2011
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Have you ever wondered how you learn something? I hadn't, until Friday. Think about learning about a forest. You see pictures, you hear your teacher describe it. You've never seen…

A day in the life

Post author:Michelle
Post published:June 1, 2011
Post category:Blog / May 2011 / Mission Trips
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Six women, a ton of bags Three in the morning, oh the jet lag Step in the shower, embrace the cold Never gets hot, despite what was told American electronics,…

How do you say “who are these kids and why are they calling me Mzungu” in Swahili?

Post author:Michelle
Post published:May 31, 2011
Post category:Blog / May 2011 / Mission Trips
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Things we learned today: (1) Tires are made better in Kenya (2) Roads are not (3) Two new non-Swahili speaking teachers should not be left alone with 4 year olds…

Aaaawkwaaarrd….

Post author:Michelle
Post published:May 31, 2011
Post category:Blog / May 2011 / Mission Trips
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Church in Kenya, make sure to get to bed early on Saturday. However, if you fly in on Friday, then your body clock will not allow you to sleep all…

Where did Friday go?

Post author:Michelle
Post published:May 29, 2011
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So, I think we kinda flew right over Friday. On the airplane map I saw the equator and I think when we flew over it, we also flew over Friday. …

Stuck in Virginia

Post author:Michelle
Post published:May 28, 2011
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Almost stuck in Virginia...can you imagine? That would have been an embarrassing blog. Note to all teams coming after us - 2 hours is NOT adequate time to get 6…