Feeling a bit like a character in a Somerset Maugham novel...we arrived in Kakamega 2 days after leaving home and were taken to the Guest House in town with the cursory "you will only be here for a very short time, just until your house is ready"...we (Shanon and I) each have a cozy single and after 4 nights we are still there with no actual time to be transferred! We are in close contact with all the guest house staff, from the restaurant workers to the reception staff, to the owner. They are more than welcoming and if we stay all summer, it is OK with them! We have explored our metropolis Kakagemga and I have a warm place in my heart for the Yako store....has it all. You have to love a store that sells a fabulous hairdryer for $17. But the BIG box store is breathing down Yako's neck: Nakumatt.....it has the big reputation as well and hear it even sports the first movie theatre in this town of 100,000....yahoo! It is our first Sunday and we went to the Salvation Army service, a mere 4 hours of enthusiastic worship....it was a trip.
Tomorrow we go to our school, Kakamega Township Primary School: 900 students with 40 in each class, and looks to have very few amenities and here an amenity is chalk, never mind paper. We were introduced to the entire staff and eye'd suspiciously.....be sure to pray for me.....I am in over my head in the teaching dept but will figure it out sooner or later. Will let you know how I do....
Thanks for your notes and good wishes and keep me posted as it is a real boon to hear from home!
