Soar Kenya

Hi!
We went to the Ndalat Hills yesterday with Sally, and we got to see the Orphans’ Garden, which needs insecticide (which we bought). We got to share a bite of ugali and secuma wiki with Sally’s brother and parents, and then we went for a walk to the dam, where the water is piped down to the orphan’s field. I started to have some trouble breathing, so we had to cut the visit short, unfortunately. But this ol’ ticker doesn’t like the thin air, and I’m sure it’s well over 7,000 ft. there, since it’s 6,880 ft. in Eldoret. I asked Johnny to sort of hurry, but just then, the sky opened up and rained and hailed so that we could hardly see the road. I was fine as long as I just sat there and didn’t talk, so that’s what I did, to everyone’s delight.

We drove to Nakuru again, but took the “new” road, which, of course, isn’t finished yet. So we had several dozen miles of dust, diesel, holes, and mud to impress Ian with. He’ll believe us when we tell him that the roads are sometimes quite daunting. Actually, we all got the giggles when it was so bad we couldn’t see the truck in front of us! We’re back at the Rift Valley Sports Club.

Johnny actually bought some of the hand painted cards we love to give away. I know he loves me if he’s willing to deal with the street boys!

Sept. 19 Nakuru,

We’ve been in Nakuru for a couple of days now, revisiting Hopewell and having several Rotary meetings. Johnny had another meeting this morning, and it looks like the money will be released to the Ngala School for the Deaf so they can buy the wood to build the shelves for the library. They were in the book shop yesterday buying lots of reference books; I ordered a complete set of Harry Potter for them.

We’re leaving for Nairobi this morning, where we’ll drop off the 79 pairs of shoes at the Kibera Kid Center. Then we’ll do a little touristing, so Ian will get to kiss the giraffes. More soon.
Darleen