Change of Plans

We arrived in Nairobi on Sunday and got to sleep in a hotel in the western part of Nairobi. It was the same place we stayed when we arrived from the airport, so it was a little strange to come back. When we arrived we had jet lag and were nervous to fit in. Returning, we had become a very well adjusted training group with good friendships.

So... On Monday were supposed to meet our "counterpart" from our school except that no one ever showed up for us. uhoh... The peace corps staff scrambled about making phone calls and in the end found that our principal had very recently been moved to a new school and that in the transfer we got lost in the shuffle. Due to the poor comunication and changes in school administration Peace Corps decided to change us to a different school.

Our new school is near a large town called Bomet. It's very different. We'll now be teaching in a huge all boys school near a city thats only a 3 hour drive from Nairobi on all paved road. In contrast, our previous site would've taken 2 days to reach with a fair portion on poor roads.

So... How do we feel about this change? Definetly mixed. In some ways it'll be more comfortable. Our house is pretty big with electricity and we'll be able to buy most anything we want nearby. The school is an old school so we'll have lots of resources and experienced teachers to work with. On the downside, larger towns are harder to integrate into and larger schools can be difficult to make changes to. As for teaching boys, it's exciting for me but a bit daunting for Mandy. They want us to teach a lot of life skills and PE yea... Overall i think everything will work out fine.

In other news, our group is the first group EVER where everyone was sworn is as a volunteer. Go us!

I put a few pictures of us before we swore in today at the top. The person with Mandy in the 2nd picture is Zahara (Arielle Miles). The last picture is from the trip to nairobi and shows what happens to dirt roads when they get flooded in Kenya.