hey-oh!
I am starting my first full day in Kisumu, Kenya. The humidity here is crazy.. my hair and I are having some serious problems. haha. I'm actually in Mike's office right now at Agape while Mike and Karen are in a meeting with Levins. I am trying to remember everyone's names, but it's hard because my brain is on California time and also I am sick.
Actually, if you get a sec, could you say a prayer that my ears don't fall off? I think they might be infected. Seriously. I think I need to see the nurse sometime soon. My chest/throat/nose/ears are all congested. I would like to feel better, pronto.
Things are really different here. For one thing, the water situation is tricky. I'm learning a lot about the government, and how spoiled they are for how starving the nation is. I would also like to write in regards to a certain someone who thinks that he is smarter than me and is always trying to tell me what to do (I won't say who, but I enjoy the small moments when I am right and he is not) that you cannot drink the water here. Part of the reason that people are SO sick around here is because of the water. There are parasite and bacteria and even the natives get sick from drinking/swimming/bathing in it. So if you are wondering whether or not I should just drink it and get sick and move on all immune to it, you would be wrong. I would get stomach infections and parasites would live in my body and i would come back to america looking like Cher with all of her botox injections. No offense, Cher.
This is why i am going to salute people like Cori Ashley who are working for a cause like blood:water mission. Ask her about it and donate to her cause. Places like that are working on giving third world countries cleaner water. Cleaner water means healthier people. it's giving people a chance at a healthier, better, more successful life. i don't want to drink green water, thanks.
I also would just like to say that here in Kisumu, there is no shame in two grown men riding on a bicycle/motorcycle together. It makes me laugh everytime.
And you should all be stoked to meet Paul. He OWNS AT LIFE. Don't tell him i said that, though.
Love and miss you all. I'll try to write as much as I can. Please say some prayers. Being a missionary is much, much, much harder than I thought it w
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