Man, did I have a busy week!
So last time I left you was Saturday night last week when I was visiting the girls in Karen just outside Nairobi.
On Sunday, Sister Michael Marie celebrated her namesake's feast day! So of course we had a party. We ate tons of cake, drank tea, and played boggle. Also, groups of sisters got together and performed different songs with voices and instruments. They even got me to sing a song haha
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were crazy busy. Tim and Mike went to Kisumo with Dan the Pirate to do some different things on those days which meant the Henry and I had to cover for both of them. On Monday I taught Drawing and PE at the primary school, and then I went to St. Maurus school for kids with special needs all afternoon. Tuesday, I taught 3 sections of Computer studies, 1 Drawing, and 2 PE at the primary school in the morning. Then in the afternoon I went to Street Children and tutored Life Science and Biology for the middle school and high school boys in a classroom setting. Wednesday I taught Drawing and PE at the primary school again, and in the afternoon I taught high school English. Not the English class that we have back home but rather the language itself.
Thursday I taught Drawing in the morning and then I went to St. Maurus in the afternoon.
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| Left to Right: Katharina and Stefi |
Saturday was when the fun started pouring down. I picked up the Germans around 10 and we went downtown to help them figure out their internet situation. We went to Steers which is an African fast food place. Good Burgers. Then I came back to the flat and Tim and Mike wanted to go see Augustine and Robert over in the slums. So we hiked over there. They're about 30 min away. We hung out there for a bit just making some conversation and hanging out when Tim says, "Hey, let's go to a club!" So we walked back to our place with Augus and Robert. We had dinner, and then we hit the town. We went to a couple different places when we finally landed at Scratch which was bumpin'. We had a couple beers and danced all over the place. People couldn't believe the sight of a bunch of white guys hittin' the dance floor. It was fun. At the end of the night we met a couple girls named Nancy and Rosie, and they asked if we were interested in going to see a Rugby game on Sunday. We said of course!
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| Left to Right: Rosi, Tim, Nancy, and Mike |
Sunday we started off by going to see Augus and Viny's soccer team play another team in Mathare. It finished in a draw, but it was still a good game. Then Robert took us downtown. We met the girls, hopped another matatu, and went to the stadium. For 500 shilling we got in and watched a grand total of 7 rugby games. It was 4 day event, and we went on the last day. Apparently, there was an overall tournament and then a few smaller ones as well. When we got there, we saw the finals for three of the lesser tournaments, and then we saw the semifinals, consolation, and championship for the big tournament. South Africa beat Kenya in the finals 14-10 I believe. It was close. The only disappointing part about the games was that the team that scored first never lost the lead and always won except for the championship where Kenya was up 10-7 at one point. But we still had a great day! Everyone was a really good sport, too. After each game, the rugby teams that had just played would come down by the stands, take pictures, and drink beer. Each team had their own dance routine as well.
Today I only taught PE at the primary school, and then I went into St. Maurus. I had been so busy the past week that I hadn't had time to write my blog! So that's what I've been up to. And also watching movies. Mike brought a 1 terabyte external hard drive with almost 400 movies on it. So I don't get bored.
Stay tuned! I'm going to go back to the exposés on the places where I work this week! St. Maurus needs a paint job, and I need the paint! Haha See you all soon. I'm one eighth done!
-Harris Moriarty
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