Saturday: Competition

In the morning, we took Jackie (one of the orphans that grew up and now works at the home and has a job in a shop in Kakamega) to the Internet and helped her sign up for an email account. She was really excited. It was her first time to use a computer.

Gail and I went looking for an ATM that would dispense US currency - no luck. We need US currency to get the visas to Uganda. We will have to convert shillings. Note for next trip: bring US dollars.

On the way back from the banks, we watched some men cutting down a huge tree. It was probably 5 ft in diameter and quite tall. They were using a medium sized chain saw, cutting chunks out of the trunk to make a sort of wedge. It was poised to fall across the street, hopefully at enough of an angle it would not hit the power lines on the opposite side. The police were blocking off the road, well sort of, as every once in a while, another vehicle would speed through, hoping to avoid getting squashed. We also hurried past on the other side of the street, hoping it would not fall before we got past.

When we got back to MTTF, David and Kayla were plaing music with some of the children, and singing. When they finished, I got out my guitar and played and sang until it got dark.

In the evening we had a great time watching little comedy presentations. One of the boys gave a short speech imitating Kenyan President, Kibaki. Another gave a news report (with funny news stories) imitating the speech patterns on the news we see on Kenyan TV. Then he gave the reports in Swahili, which was even funnier, although we did not understand a word he said. We presented a little skit, called Sin - Do Not Touch. We also got everyone to dance to Hava Nagila. It was a big circle of about 40 people. There also was a dance contest, dominated by the Kenyans. Kevin was declared the winner after several sessions of very silly improv tribal dancing. He got a beautiful trophy. It was pretty late when the fun ended, so everyone went to bed.