If I never get on another matatu again, it would be to soon! Well unfortunately this is my only mode of transportation, so I guess I will have to. I have just been having some bad luck with them lately. twice last week my matatu's engine overheated and we all had to get out and wait for it to cool, as they poor water over it. "Why not use engine coolant?" you ask. I ask myself the same thing every day! Im thinking about starting to carry some with me and sell it to the drivers whenever this happens. ( which is more often than not in this country).

On another happier note. I just got back on Thursday from my language training. A few of my friends and I (Andrea, Jojo and Cassidy) Decided we all wanted to learn more of our local language, which is Kalenjin. We went to Andrea's site, which is very rural, and did our classes at the local dispensary. I am really impressed how much we learned in just a short 3 days of class! My community is soooooo impressed with me now, (as if they weren't before :). We got to celebrate Cassidy's birthday while we were all together. She had just came back from America, so she brought a box cake mix and a can of icing. I had forgotten how yummy cake in America is. It was so delicious, we made ourselves sick from eating the whole thing! We only shared 1 piece!

Now I am back at my site for the duration. Well at least until Halloween ;) On Wednesday I am going to Kipkaren (a near by town) and starting to volunteer with the social workers at the rehab center that a women from America started. I am so excited to have something more to do!

Me, Andrea, Breezie, and yep that's a hippo right behind us! We lucked out at Kiboko Bay pool and saw a hippo and her baby come up to shore to eat

And you all know this guy. Kibaibai and I realxing, he loves his stuffed animals

Well, that's all I have to say for now. But I want to leave you with a few picutres: