TEAMS: KARIS, JUDAH AND HEPHZIBAH AT OUR CHRISTMAS IN KENYA
Last year was a crazy year of 1st’s for me. Especially during the month of December.
Here are a list of my first’s that happened in Kenya:
* First visit to Africa
* First time drinking hot chai every morning in 90 degree weather
* First time eating Ugali
* First time eating goat (appropriately named Billy)
* First time I was given a sheep by a tribe. (Myself, Janina and Jessica had no idea what to do. Somebody has a picture of this somewhere).
* First time I saw Santa’s beard as a mop. (Thanks Jake)
* First time riding on top of a bus on African roads (Definitely an extreme sport. Maybe summer Olympics 2012)
* First time I was called a Mzungo
* First time I was called Obama (it continued for 3 months)
* First time I cooked in a pot that was large enough for me to fit into. (We would start cooking around 1pm so that we could eat between 8-9 at night)
* First time 20 mesquitos bit me on my forehead.
* First time I saw God give the miracle of water to us so we could eat.
* First time I danced everyday for hours on end for 3 1/2 weeks.
* First time God revealed the mother in me. (I was very protective of my team and the teams at the house with us.)
* First encounter with a demon and my first threat from a demon.
* First time I saw street children sniffing glue.
* First time on the race that I slept in my tent.
* First time I watched HOME ALONE while huddled around a laptop with 20 other people.
* First time I got sick on the race. (Along with just about everyone one else at our debrief)
* First time I looked for a pickle in a tree
* First time I saw an all male cast act out the Christmas story. (This also marks the first time I saw an Asian baby Jesus. Thanks Dennis!)
* First time I celebrated Christmas outside the USA
* First time I was on a Christian Radio show (Gave a big shout out to B-randon and J-sizzle)
Wow, honestly I could go on for a while. I thought this would just be a blog with a few firsts. Little did I know that there were so many firsts.
Fellow G-squaders I want to hear your favorite “1st” memories 🙂
