Africa '99 - Medical Mission to Kenya

During the summer of 2001 i got involved with a medical missions team. destination: Kenya length of stay: one month (way too short). the following posts are straight copies from my paperback journal that i had kept. i tried my best to write even though i was too sick most of the time. after going through this experience i vowed to always carry a good camera where ever i go, cuz disposable cameras are not that great and not very reliable. enjoy.

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Location: Dallas, Texas, United States

Friday, March 10, 2006

Broke

I am broke. I have no cash and no shillings. Actually I have two shillings. The rate is 75 shillings per dollar. I am staying in a hostel. Only Derek Johnson (pastor from Alabama) and I are left in Kenya. We have about three days left until we leave to go back to America. This hostel will be our home until then. It is not a bad place - nice place really. Honestly, this place has the best food and the most amazing view I have ever seen. This is also the first place I got real close to a cow with horns. Also the first time I got to see banana trees up close and even touch the big flower/bulb. Banana trees are the strangest living creatures on land - let me tell you. I felt right at home when the owner of the house (from the United Stated - married to a Kenyan) served us pancakes with maple syrup from Ohio I believe. They get fresh eggs every day (they have over 200 chickens). They also have three big German Shepard-looking dogs. I was attacked by all three - well, actually they were playing - but I was still scared out of my wits!

Somebody ran over a big slug. African slugs are big, and they stink too.