Bye Bye Kenya, Bon Voyage! Kwaheri Kenya, safiri salama!
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Today was our last day in Nairobi and the end of this summer’s service, learning, and adventure trip. We had the luxury of sleeping in and getting a late breakfast, before heading out to visit the Kibera Paper women’s group. Mama Angeline hosted us for a sumptous lunch of chapati, rice, ugali, sukuma wiki, chicken, fish, and beef stew at her home on Karanja Road in Kibera. it was fun to hear stories about Jeff and Ken as children and just get to know more about their family. After lunch, we returned to Shalom House to complete our final packing and donated items we did not want to take home to the Children of Kibera Foundation. For dinner we went to Junction Mall and ate in small groups at Mediteranneo, Nairobi Java House, and the food court. On our drive to the airport we shared ideas and experiences about the inevitable culture shock of coming back to life in the USA after such a powerful experience in Kenya and strategies for coping successfully. Check-in at the airport was quick but sad, as we bade farewell to our hosts from Children of Kibera and went through security. It is now 10.30pm in Nairobi as we make this blog entry, and our flight to London will depart in about one hour. We will miss our friends from Kenya, but we are also looking forward to reuniting with our families at home.
See you all soon in Boston, Miami, New York, Washington DC, Atlanta, and Mexico City!
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