Day 9 already and where to begin?! Start with Jambo :)

I am sitting at an internet cafe in Kabuezi, Kenya next to my friend Angela as we stare with huge smiles at our first computers in the country while we are stinky, covered in orange dust, and a little bit hungry for a dinner of what surely will be focused on rice, bread, some ugali if we're lucky and a mystery meat. Oh, and chapati, which is the best! And, if there is salad of any variety, I'm staying far, far away, but that's a story for another day. But we're so happy to feel some connection to the world - puts our reliance on internet into perspective, that's for sure. It has been QUITE the adventure to say the least, but the amount of things that our SGU/AMREF group of 28 or so has seen and experienced has been incredible. I will write much more when I have reliable internet and some more free time, but I just wanted to write a little bit and let everyone know that I'm safe, sound, healthy, and opening my eyes wider and wider. I have seen a live c-section, done rounds with doctors at several hospitals of various levels and how they deal with TB, malaria, fractures, stroke patients, skin grafts, diabetes, ulcers, hernias, pregnancy, etc. etc. ETC. I have seen several villages and done community health projects with some adorable children, and run some really memorable new routes starting before the Kenyan sunrise. The altitude is killer though! I certainly have my moments when the grime, group time, and early mornings to late nights get the best of me, but overall, I have to keep reminding myself how grateful and blessed I am to be having this unique experience.