So here we are,... one week from today we are headed to rural Kenya to live on a fruit farm with 200++ teenagers living next door, each wanting their time with us. I have a feeling family time is going to take on a whole new meaning for us as we become surrogate parents to so many young men and women.
I feel like the list of things that I have to get done before our departure gets longer as the time to accomplish each item gets shorter. Yet, here I am shortly after 7am, Chelsey is heading out the door to school and I'm typing this narrative. So although this entry is short it is a beginning.
Chelsey had to get her last immunizations yesterday and when I arrived at Moncton High, she promptly announced that the staff and and students had raised $1400 toward another water tank. Water tanks are extremely important in rural Kenya, during the rainy season the water is stored to be used in the dry season. This year there is a drought and water is so scarce that the elephants have been causing havoc with locals. In their search for water, the elephants have destroyed the gardens and trees of one of our friends there. In the end the rangers had to shoot and kill it. ( The villagers were glad for the meat though, as Kenyans love meat.)
Well, that is a beginning, stay tuned.
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