Last Night in Limuru

This is our last night in Limuru. Sad to leave St. Paul's University. We have made so many great friends. Today we ended our time together singing songs and dancing. We learned a couple amazing Kenyan songs in Swahili. They taught us a song with "hakuna matata" in it!! Such a great moment. Then all the Americans starting singing from the Lion King. You know when someone asks you a typical song from the U.S. and all the songs you know immediately leave your brain? That happened to all of us today. We taught them "This Little Light of Mine," which is a great song but we could have done so much better. We promised that when we came back in July that we would be ready with some great songs.

Tomorrow morning we head back into Nairobi and set up our apartment. Apartment hunting was my job and I found us a place about a month ago. I really hope that it is legit and everything works out. We shall see.

Next week is our orientation to Nairobi and matatus (bus system). All of us are going to be working at different places this summer. Emily is going to CHAK (Christian Health Association of Kenya, I think). Whitney, Sara, and Amihan are going to be working with Mukuru on the Move, located in the informal settlement (slum) of Mukuru. Carrilea, Meghan, and Katie are going to Nyumbani Village, which is about 3.5 hours from Nairobi in the middle of nowhere. The village is self-sustaining and houses about 1,000 orphans and older adults who take care of them. Leslie and I are going to be working with Lea Toto, which is an organization that has branches throughout Nairobi that helps adolescents who have HIV/AIDS. Not sure exactly what everyone will be working on but at least we know where we are going! We are all of the mindset that we will just go where they need us. Flexibility is the word of the summer.

Very excited to be in Nairobi :)  Stay tuned for more adventures!