Learning as I go…

I arrived in Nairobi on Sunday. This is important because I was confident that I was supposed to land on Saturday… …Next time I will pay a bit more attention to the details, especially the 10 hour layover in Amsterdam. I have been staying with the Mulwa family. They are incredibly kind & generous hosts.  They have even found a friend who is going to rent a room to me! The “room” is much like a carriage house. I believe it is the old servant’s quarters or something like that. It is much more comfortable than I had planned on having. It has a bedroom, small living room & studio-like kitchen. They have invited me to eat all of my meals with them as a part of my rent! This is a relief as I know that I will crave the social interaction.  The down side is the distance from downtown Nairobi. It took me nearly two hours by Matatu (quasi-public transportation) to get to the city center this morning. Their home is in a safe gated community in the eastern half the greater Nairobi area (conveniently referred to as Eastlands). This is the poorer side of the city & where most of our partners & their projects are located.