Were you ever surprised to hear an old favorite song which
you hadn’t heard in years …. a song which you forgot and suddenly, hearing it
again, you found yourself singing the words and your body moving to the beat?
That is what our re-entry to Kenya has been. Driving
from Nairobi to Meru, we saw the throngs of people walking to work, the donkey
carts on the road, the cows and goats grazing on the side of the road, women
hauling huge stacks of wood on their backs, the side-of-the-road fruit stands
blazing with color, the aggressive street peddlers …. suddenly the melody of
Kenya came back to us. It was the same old tune, a tune we loved, and we began smile
as Kenyan life surrounded and embraced us and sang to us, “Karibuni!” (Welcome
home!)
However, even though it was familiar again, we made
some rookie mistakes. On our first day we managed to fry the only printer we
brought (anyone need laser printer cartridges?) and to over-boil the hot pot
and flood the kitchen area. Rookie mistakes!
So good to be back!
-Bud
