"Hello everyone!
We have been here for a little over a week. Everything is really exciting. Yesterday, we visited a public school that many kids attended. When we went there, the kids swarmed us like a mad mob. It was so loud, I could hardly hear myself speak. Once we got permission to enter, the kids jumped up and down in front of the video camera. They were so excited to see "white people", I felt like an object while everybody crowded around me. We toured the school, and we saw lots of kids crowded in the seats. Some of the kids there had plastic bags for backpacks, and some did not have shoes. Some kids that go to this school are so poor, they don't have a chance to eat lunch. The school bell is a piece of metal.
Today, the women will be coming up to Karambu's house to learn how to weave and spin wool. We do not know a lot about weaving and spinning; we're learning as the women learn. Local weavers have refused to teach the women because they fear the competition that may result. Today, we will teach them maintenance, how to was wool, and maybe how to spin wool. I brought water ballons so that I can have fun with the women.
Yesterday, I went on a walk to the unfinished community center that Karambu was building. Along the way, I saw some kids get excited and point to us. One of our friends in Kenya told us they were saying, "Hey look! Come see the white people!". Yet again, I felt like an object.
Last night, we showed Dennis, a little kid in a nearby house, a puzzle and a little American school bus. He was amazed; he had never seen these things before. Everyone here is so nice; they like us before they know us. That is all for now.
Smile,
Lilly"
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