I can't believe it's July 1. Paul and Eliot leave in less than a week. We decided to leave Meru for his last week because we have taught everything that we know, and we need a trained weaver to come in. A few days ago Paul trained four people for three hours on how to warp the loom, that is how to measure the wool on the warping board and how to thread it through the loom. There was a real appreciation for how technical it gets. Then we went down to International Peace Initatives and interviewed the staff there. We really have some wonderful footage and hope that we can bring it all home safely.
We also hiked on Sunday to a huge waterfall. Trails in Kenya are nothing like the US. There are so many machetes here--we could have used one that day. We also had to hop from rock to rock in the river. Not so fun for me, but the waterfall was beautiful.
We decided to leave Meru since we have taught everything we know, and are hoping a weaver can come before Lilly and I depart. Now we are in Juja, visiting my friend, Efrem, who works with Sister Luise. For those of you who don't know, I was in Kenya in 2005, staying with Sister Luise to write a magazine article on the Sudanese women that Congregation Har HaShem got out of the refugee camp and to Sister Luise's care until they received their visas and immigrated to the US. Unfortunately Sister Luise is still in Germany getting an operation on her knee. But it's fun to see Efrem and all the children. I brought an old doctor's kit of my children's and as we were leaving I saw a "patient" on the bed with the "doctor" listening to her heart. Very cute! Today we visited the huge and wonderful Tuesday Masai market in Nairobi. We took a matatu-always an adventure-and turned down the first two because they were charging double. The third was charging double also but we took it, and lat
er saw that one of the ones we had turned down had hit a bus. It was the first accident we have seen here. No one looked hurt, but I am sure they had to wait a long time or figure out other transport. It's not like the US where they would just call another bus. We felt fortunate.
Tomorrow we go on a three-day camping safari to Masai Mara and see the migration of the Wilderbeest (not sure how to spell it). Paul and Eliot leave on Monday. After that Lilly and I are not sure what we'll do. At some point we'll probably return to Meru. There is an early morning aerobics class we really want to attend there. What a land of contrasts! We also want to learn how to make chapates (like tortillas) and we hope to videotape a weaver coming to teach the crew.
Susan
We also hiked on Sunday to a huge waterfall. Trails in Kenya are nothing like the US. There are so many machetes here--we could have used one that day. We also had to hop from rock to rock in the river. Not so fun for me, but the waterfall was beautiful.
We decided to leave Meru since we have taught everything we know, and are hoping a weaver can come before Lilly and I depart. Now we are in Juja, visiting my friend, Efrem, who works with Sister Luise. For those of you who don't know, I was in Kenya in 2005, staying with Sister Luise to write a magazine article on the Sudanese women that Congregation Har HaShem got out of the refugee camp and to Sister Luise's care until they received their visas and immigrated to the US. Unfortunately Sister Luise is still in Germany getting an operation on her knee. But it's fun to see Efrem and all the children. I brought an old doctor's kit of my children's and as we were leaving I saw a "patient" on the bed with the "doctor" listening to her heart. Very cute! Today we visited the huge and wonderful Tuesday Masai market in Nairobi. We took a matatu-always an adventure-and turned down the first two because they were charging double. The third was charging double also but we took it, and lat
er saw that one of the ones we had turned down had hit a bus. It was the first accident we have seen here. No one looked hurt, but I am sure they had to wait a long time or figure out other transport. It's not like the US where they would just call another bus. We felt fortunate.
Tomorrow we go on a three-day camping safari to Masai Mara and see the migration of the Wilderbeest (not sure how to spell it). Paul and Eliot leave on Monday. After that Lilly and I are not sure what we'll do. At some point we'll probably return to Meru. There is an early morning aerobics class we really want to attend there. What a land of contrasts! We also want to learn how to make chapates (like tortillas) and we hope to videotape a weaver coming to teach the crew.
Susan
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