So the other day as I was unloading boxes and trying to sort out the mounds and mounds of laundry I noticed a rather large dust cloud had, oddly enough, made its way in through the sliding glass door and had settled on the floor next to me. I unearthed the nearest broom and was preparing [...]
“All snakes in Kenya are poisonous.” 7-year-old Cailin announced as she hefted aside Keziah who was just about to step on the small (poisonous) black snake making its way across the carport. Nancy grabbed a long pole and while making a quick snake slaw casually suggested that maybe Kez should have shoes on. Note: never kill a [...]
“Welcome home”! I think we both could have hugged the customs agent as he stamped our passports and smiled his welcome in our direction. After 24 hours of travel, 38 hours of no sleep, 8 ½ months of absence from the land of our Fathers, and many, many days of homesickness Seth and I agreed as we [...]
And for those Kenyans who are not in the road there is a faster means of travel that brings the same “I may die any second” life on the edge kind of thrill. May I introduce the infamous “Matatu”. The means of travel for 95% of Kenyans…and any and all extreme sports tourists that visit the country. [...]
Actually here the big name newspapers are The Standard and The Nairobi Star. The Nairobi Star just came out last month and for their first edition they had girls in shorts selling the papers on the streets. The entire city was scandalized. : ) Ah, culture. So, our time here, it cometh to an end. August is our last [...]
…an African, in a black suit, walking after dark in the middle of an unlit road (highway, street, thouroughfare, ect.). No I am not kidding. Going out in your car after dark here is an exercise in shear terror. Since the majority of Kenyans do not drive they have little to no understanding of the limitations of vehicles [...]
The welcome sign as we pulled into the resort drive was very welcome indeed. After six months of culture shock, two months of 12 hour work days, a very, very long time with no “real” Mexican food, and an eight hour bus ride we arrived at our vacation spot. We were greeted with cool wash clothes and [...]
Confirmation attained. I, Hannah Beth Jankovsky, am not going crazy. Sunday night I woke up to the gentle rocking of our concrete apartment building. Concrete buildings don’t rock…or at least their not supposed to. I woke up Seth and asked if they have earthquakes here…I think he was just answering in his sleep cause he mumbled that he [...]
VISA, VISA, VISA! COME AND GET IT! If only it were that easy. Since we got here Seth has been diligently working on getting us a student visa…or really any visa that will fit our situation and time needs. Every time he has gone down to immigration they tell him that all of our paperwork has been lost. We’re not even [...]
As you’ve heard me mention before we have an angel that has seen fit to bless us in our home by coming 3-4 times a week. She does our laundry (by hand) and helps out with kids, house-work, cultural mind bogglers, and protects us from shrewd hawkers who attempt to smart us out of our “huge [...]