still tuned in. . .

Well, I'm not in Africa anymore. I am at my mom's house where I am enjoying the speediness of dial up! It is good to be home. It is good to be with the people that I love. I have so much to write about. I was away from a computer for much of the time after we were taken to the "safe house" following the post election violence. As a result, I wrote in my journal rather than on my blog. At some point this week I will transfer those experiences to this blog so I can have everything in one place, so stay tuned!

Just wanted everyone to know that there is more to come about this Kenya story and when I get home, I will also post pictures!

Thanks for all of your well wishes and prayers. I am home. I am safe. Now, please remember to pray for the people of Kenya. I have been quite surprised since I made it home at how hard it is to find news about Kenya on TV. I finally realized why. . .there seems to be good news which is not too good for ratings. It seems that the opposition party have called off the rallying and are looking to have some peace talks with the government. They are still in dispute about whether or not they need a mediator for those talks, but it looks promising and life seems to be getting back to normal. Of course there is still lots to clean up, but things are looking up.

more to come.

election results

So Happy New Year everyone! I do have to brag and say that I made it to the New Year before most of you that are reading this. It was quite an eventful new year. In my last post, if you remember I complained about boredom. Well, things heated up right after I posted that. My friend that was in the internet cafe with me decided to head home without the rest of us. About 2 minutes after she left she came running back in saying she was told to "find a safe place." It turns out the people were starting to fight in the streets due to impatience awaiting the election results. Things heated up from there, by the time we headed home the streets were almost deserted except for the street kids. The next few days almost everything stayed shut throughout all of the town (and I thought I couldn't get any more bored, now we couldn't go anywhere!). All throughout Kenya you have probably heard about the violence. The media's job is to make the world scared. It actually is not as bad as they make it out to be in most of Kenya. However, because the volunteer program that I am working with is based in the UK they heard all of the bad news and ordered all of the volunteers to Nairobi in case they needed to quickly get us on a flight home. So, I'm here. Right outside of Nairobi where the volunteer organization wants me to play the "waiting" game to see if things change. I've been trying to book a flight because I am not good at waiting. It is going to cost me around $600 to leave early. Don't know if I'm going to do it or not. Those of you reading this, don't worry about me. I don't feel as if I am in any danger here. The media has hyped this thing up too much. I just don't want to be here if I can't do what I came here to do. My safari was cancelled, the school where I was meant to volunteer has been closed. I don't want to sound as if this trip is a "wash" it has totally been an amazing and wonderful experience, I just don't understand why I need to stay if I am going to be sitting in a hotel room for a week! Anyway, keep your fingers crossed that I figure out what to do soon. In the meantime, I can't call home because there aren't many places to buy minutes for your phone. I've used all of mine on the phone with the airline. I am hoping that they will call me back. I can't even send text messages. If you want to contact me, then you will have to call me. a little frustrated now, hoping with all my heart that the next time I write to you there will be some resolution to my situation here. Keep your fingers crossed.

~t