Today quite a few of my friends left for safari, but I opted not to go (at least not yet). I was a little nervous to go to my school on my own because so far I've always had another mzungu with me, and i almost went just to say i felt sick so i could go back to the volunteer house, but I didn't. I figured, if I came to Kenya on my own, surely I can survive a day on my own with my class three kids. So I went on my 30 minute walk through Kibera, past all the shop owners, past all the children shouting "how are you?", past all the matatus and stray dogs and piles of burning garbage. I walked straight to my school on my own so I could do the work I came here to do. When I arrived I was greeted warmly by the entire school because they were still in morning assembly. My class all smiled their biggest smiles because even after just one week, our love for each other is huge. I sat in for the end few minutes of assembly and then teacher Violet told me all the teachers have to finish grading exams so I have the class to myself today and can do whatever I wish with them. Ahh! 36 kids on my own?! I decided to give them all paper, colored pencils and crayons since I figured they never have art time (or art supplies for that matter) and to make it a little more educational I had them write stories about their drawings on the back of theur papers. I have 36 little angels who I'm in love with. Quite a few decided to include how much they love me and how beautiful they think I am in their stories :)
I also love being able to walk anywhere and buy a mango on the side of the road for only 20ksh! Just sayin, I've never liked mangoes before but here, they're fantastic.
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