Hello again Blog followers!
These past few entries will set records for newsiness. A few weeks ago, Liam and I announced our engagement and now, I announce my return to the states! I have purchased a one-way ticket to D.C. with no present plans of retuning to Kenya. This decision comes with a plethora of mixed feelings: excitement, anxiety, failure, disappointment... I have developed many wonderful relationships here with my neighbors and the sisters and even some of the students at the nursing school, and oh! the children who have kept my joy in their smiles and excitement! I will be leaving the hospital on good terms, but I can't help but feel like I should stay and attempt to save the world! But, oh relief! The messiah has already done that!
Though these past few weeks of deciding have been difficult, I am joyous and resting in this unexpected change - knowing the most difficult challenges will come upon me in the future months as I try to gracefully reintegrate into American society.
I will be in the deep south for the first half of July and hope to see many of you confederates then! Stay tuned, I will continue updaying for a while still.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
a little on life
Hello all!
Sorry for the long delay in blog posts. It seems to me that everything here is average and there's not much to write about, but I think I could probably describe the way I took a bath last night and interest some of you:) It's a good thing to be getting used to the everyday life here though. There has been a struggle for water here lately. I'm not sure the problem. I hear word that it is an internal and intentionally unfair rationing. I prefer to just stay naive to the politics of the rationing for now... but it has caused some extra maneuvering to have enough water to wash and keeps my house a little funky with extra rationing of toilet flushing!
Last night was my neighbor's birthday. We went into town for a dinner of ugali (like grits) and roasted goat meat - the most common meal here. It was nice to spend an evening relaxing with friends outside of the compound. I am learning more and more of the language which makes life easier and times like last night more fun for me... but I'm not affluent enough to understand any detail. For now, I just get excited to understand the general idea of the conversations.
I am learning SO much at work. There are three wonderful doctors here that are so patient with me and often take the time to answer my floods of questions and teach me about all these new diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. My favorite days in the ward are when the doctors do rounds with me. I get to tell them all the complaints of the patients over the past few days and watch them do whatever procedures like echographies and reading xrays and general assessments. I feel like I have learned a lifetime of material in these two months and know that it will continue on like that as long as I am here.
I am spending as much time as I can with the Sisters. They are such a joy to be around. I am learning the catholic catechism with one of the sisters. We meet once or twice a week for an hour and talk about the beliefs of the catholic church. It is a wonderful and direct way to learn about the base of both the original church and the christian faith. This sort of class learning has been great for the intellectual in me to help understand my own beliefs better. And of course it's wonderful to have my brilliant fiance to discuss the many questions I develop in the process.
Sorry for the long delay in blog posts. It seems to me that everything here is average and there's not much to write about, but I think I could probably describe the way I took a bath last night and interest some of you:) It's a good thing to be getting used to the everyday life here though. There has been a struggle for water here lately. I'm not sure the problem. I hear word that it is an internal and intentionally unfair rationing. I prefer to just stay naive to the politics of the rationing for now... but it has caused some extra maneuvering to have enough water to wash and keeps my house a little funky with extra rationing of toilet flushing!
Last night was my neighbor's birthday. We went into town for a dinner of ugali (like grits) and roasted goat meat - the most common meal here. It was nice to spend an evening relaxing with friends outside of the compound. I am learning more and more of the language which makes life easier and times like last night more fun for me... but I'm not affluent enough to understand any detail. For now, I just get excited to understand the general idea of the conversations.
I am learning SO much at work. There are three wonderful doctors here that are so patient with me and often take the time to answer my floods of questions and teach me about all these new diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. My favorite days in the ward are when the doctors do rounds with me. I get to tell them all the complaints of the patients over the past few days and watch them do whatever procedures like echographies and reading xrays and general assessments. I feel like I have learned a lifetime of material in these two months and know that it will continue on like that as long as I am here.
I am spending as much time as I can with the Sisters. They are such a joy to be around. I am learning the catholic catechism with one of the sisters. We meet once or twice a week for an hour and talk about the beliefs of the catholic church. It is a wonderful and direct way to learn about the base of both the original church and the christian faith. This sort of class learning has been great for the intellectual in me to help understand my own beliefs better. And of course it's wonderful to have my brilliant fiance to discuss the many questions I develop in the process.
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