Today, we went to see the Independence Day celebration downtown at the stadium. There was music, dancing, a military display, and a parade, and then the president gave a really long speech about how wonderful he is, and then we went home. My favorite part was when a large crane landed in the middle of the field in the middle of the president's speech and just walked around looking at all 30,000 of us. I was one of 6 foreigners there. Did I mention that I live with twins? I think so, anyway, they are very fun, and we play a lot. Their father is a doctor, and I have had a personal tour of every hospital in Nairobi. Two days ago, we went to his hospital and took a tour of where he works in the urology department. We got to see all of these people having dialysis treatment, and I was reminded of Osama sitting somewhere in a cave on dialysis. Anyway it was yuck. In fact, the hospital is way way too crammed full, and some people don't have beds, so they are just on the floor. In one of the hallways there was a trash can overflowing onto the stairs with all kinds of biohazard stuff like dirty needles. Ewwww. One of my friends here is a nurse, and she thinks my bug collection as well as my stories of reptiles are really gross. I would take a large hairy cockroach over watching people have dialysis any day!!! Maybe I'm just weird. You should write to Osmond, he wants e-mails from random americans. He's a nice guy and we need to convince him that he is not right for the priesthood. Yesterday, I went on a tour of the insect collection at the National Museum, and spent the morning socializing with Kenyan entomologists. YAY!! The person who went with me was bored to tears. Thankfully, I think I have now seen all of the hospitals, and I am looking forward to going to the countryside tomorrow. Over and Out, Sarah P.S. Is anyone named Jennifer alive? I have tried to e-mail and SMS both J.D. and J.T. with no response. P.P.S. If you have a cell phone, you can send me text messages for almost nothing at 011 254 735 805379 You can also call this number, but sometimes you have to dial twice or you won't get through. Also, I turn it off at night which is mostly your afternoon. Love to all, Sarah
- posted by Sarah @ 8:03 AM