Friday, July 2, 2010

Hi from Katarina and Hayden!

Hi everyone! We're just taking our morning break from our second day of work and decided to blog. The food here has been awesome. Last night's dinner was delicious, consisting of lamb chops, roasted potatoes, and lots of vegetables. This morning we had pancakes, eggs, and cereal. We all were quite sore when we woke up this morning from yesterdays labors. We played some bonding games and are all very excited about our home stays this next couple of days. Hayden and I are going tonight, which is the start, along with Megan, Sarah, Julian and AB. We will go tonight after work (around 5) and will eat dinner with our families. We are anxious to see more of the actual Maasai way of life, and their attitudes toward their children and family. We're absolutely in love with the kids here. They are in marvel of our clothes, bracelets, bandanas, and hats. They constantly come up to us, shaking our hands and the boys have taught them a very "American" handshake, including a slap, pound, snap. Rebecca has taught them songs and they love to ring out in their ABC's and 123's. They have been trying to teach us how to count to 10 in Maasai and yesterday we met a boy who was their star Social Studies student. He relayed to us a lot of facts and told us we lived west of the Prime Meridian, which we were very impressed with. Sorry if we don't come home, it will be very hard to leave the precious kids! Mom and Dad we say hi and we love you! Hey Barbs <3 Can't wait to talk to you all soon and know we are having the time of our lives. Got to get back to work!
Love,
Katarina and Hayden

2 comments:

  1. Hey back atcha, sweets :) Thanks for the shout out, silly girls! So glad you're having such a good time. Can't wait to hear all about your adventures in person. Have so much fun during your home stays and tell everyone hello! xoxo, Ms. B

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  2. I'm one of the trip leaders from the Berkeley Carroll School, in Brooklyn. Our group is following yours, and your blog posts are getting us so excited! It sounds like you're having an amazing time, and we can't wait to experience Shompole and the community for ourselves.

    Best wishes,

    Brandon Clarke

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