10. It is a completely common occurrence to have a teammate smell your hair to tell you whether or not you stink. This happens multiple times a day. Facial expressions usually reveal the truth behind the more polite liars.
9. Experiments include the eating of random chicken parts (I had the gizzard but was outdone when Salley ate the tongue and mohawk thing), how long you can go between hair washings (Logan is in the lead so far– 11 days and counting), and who can eat the most carbs in one sitting (Andrea and I are vying for first).
8. [knock on wood] As I write this, the electricity has been on for about 12 hours straight, which is unheard of. The fact that we haven’t had to use our headlamps today is delightful.
7. I have a new addiction: tea made with boiling milk instead of water. Completely amazing.
6. I rode sidesaddle on a bike the other day. It was a bike taxi, called a boda-boda. I just sat, perched on the back, clutching the cushion as the driver navigated the oh-so-smooth Kenyan road.
5. One night, I counted 33 mosquito bites on my legs. I wish I was exaggerating.
4. My future living room will be modeled after the place we’re staying: seven couches arranged around a motley assortment of coffee tables, with no TV in sight.
3. The best pineapple in the world can be found here in Busia, Kenya.
2. I have become a pro at drawing water from the well. And there is no nifty pully system with a crank like in the movies; we’re talking hand-over-hand hauling while straddling a hole in the ground, pulling up a 10-gallon plastic pickle tub of underground well water. That’s right, be impressed.
1. I actually really love bucket showers.
Our wonderful contact: Pastor Gideon!
Me and my first taste of raw sugarcane. Very interesting.
