Karibu Kenya!

Jambo! Karibu Kenya! (Hello! Welcome to Kenya!)

I am finally here, finally back in Kenya where I fell in love with this country last summer. After two long plane rides, a layover in Amsterdam (didn't get to explore the city unfortunately), and hearing people's stories of travel on the plane, I am in Nairobi. We (Gabby, another facilitator, and myself) arrived in Nairobi around 9 p.m. last night. After going through customs, waiting for bags (thought we lost one but we didn't), and waiting for the other group to collect all their students, we made it to our accommodations around 11:30 p.m.

Whenever groups come in for Me to We trips, they stay at either Kolping (where I stayed last summer) for the first night, or at our Rosslyn. Rosslyn is an area within Nairobi and we have property in one gated off community of Rosslyn. After Gabs and I had some dinner we came over to the staff house where we were greeted by Galen, Katie, and Jay! This house is so beautiful, I can't even begin to describe it... I will definitely take pictures for those of you back home that ask for them (*cough* Ilesa *cough), and I'll load them when I come back in April.

For now, I'm sitting on the porch of our staff house which overlooks other amazingly beautiful homes in Rossyln, taking in the familiar smells of Kenya. As soon as the others wake up we will be going to get breakfast at a great breakfast spot in Nairobi then Galen and I have a whole day and a half to catch up before our group comes in.

I am so grateful to have the opportunity to come back to this amazing country, to facilitate with a great friend and talented facilitator, and to meet youth that continually live and breathe the phrase "Be The Change".

Until we meet again, rafikis...