A Day in the Life of Chelsey

African Adventures, Day 20: Today I got to sleep in...WOW , I haven't done that in SO long. I did wake up about 5 times because of all the noise, and donkeys.......... I like waking up to the singing though :) It's very nice! Anyways, I got  up at 10 and then got ready because I had to go to an agriculture class they were starting up. It went until 12 40 And I had to take a lot of notes. I learnt more about gardens today and planting and nutrition than I ever have! We then headed back for lunch . After we ate I took a bit of time to relax, play some keyboard then go talk to one of the teachers because I will be typing up 17 different exams and will be starting that tomorrow. I had to hook up some things and will be getting papers tomorrow.  I got to see their "Kitchen" today... which is fire in a room where the put a huge pot. The walls are blackened from the smoke and the people cooking have to inhale the smoke. They crush the grain on the floor..and the sanitary th...

African Adventures, Day 19 : It was now Sunday and the day of church. ( I had not gone the week before because I was very sick) So it was my first week seeing everyone from the village come down. Church seemed very wild.. AND GREAT. (I love their music) The people sing and dance and teach you how. Everyone seems to know the songs! Except the Canadians ;).  Church seemed pretty long, but went well.   After church we ate then headed down to the village to go have a crusade.(There is one every week) That was the craziest thing yet.. and ask me in person and I will explain it all! Many things happened that I have NEVER seen and I was amazed.The day went fast and it gets dark early so we get tired a lot quicker. I had been very sleepy but we stay up and talk at night. ....But soon enough it is bed! The only problem is I wake up every night because I hear donkeys and cows  along with dogs, and elephants waking me up at night.. Oh but you can't get any better than the...

African Adventures,Day 18 : Saturday was an early morning and we had to get our things ready for the day. Sunblock,water, cameras, and money was on our list. We would be leaving to go on a Safari for the day then head to the Lodge for dinner. We got onto a Mattatu (Bus) to head to the lodge to then get in some vans that would be driving us around to see animals. We got there and we were greeted with some people giving us fresh juice and we were to wait until our vans arrived. When they did we decided where we would go and got on.  I was in an open roof one with Ben, Adam , and Carol.(A fun group :) ) We then headed out to where the animals would be. We saw some birds along the way, but the main part was the lions. We were up close to them and they have the right of way on the road so as we drove along we would be slowly driving behind the lions as they walked calmly down the road. (Hakuna Mattata ) They were extremely close to the vans. We then drove past them and saw MANY other a...

African Adventures, Day 17: It was now Friday and we were going to head into Voi to search around for some things. Go hunting for some gifts for the loved ones back home, and groceries (WATER),and other things for the house. (We had a lot stolen from it so we are trying to make up for it).. The day was a warm,warm day. The sweat rolled down our foreheads like rain running down a slanted roof. We did a lot of stand shopping(the little home-made things) and went into some markets and such. We drove around from spot to spot picking up things. I had stopped with my parents and bought some things for my friends and siblings and soon the day had ended and we were all tired . We headed back to bura to relax and unpack our groceries.

African Adventures, Day 16: Our last day of teaching was today.. Which was sort of a relief for us because we were all getting tired. We taught our classes then each one had our own class picture :) . I was the techie, and set up everything for every class on the computer so I was there for it all. Which meant... being surrounded after class because they want pictures with the white blondie! ..I got a bunch of pictures with them and soon the day was done. We all went back to eat then we would be heading over to their soccer(football) game to watch and cheer on the team with their new jersey's! :) We talked to a bunch of the students and my new friend Laurence told me some African jokes.. oh my..!! What great people are here and it'll be hard to leave them all.  The soccer game went good, although they play without shoes so my friend ben cut his foot open.. and badly! Not fun!  What a place this is!