Last episode Harris was found dancing around a campfire in the middle of an African jungle. When things didn't seem crazy enough, a lioness was stealthily stalking Harris as he made the dance of the gods. All of a sudden, Harris' friends showed up on a Tuk-Tuk in time to throw Harris a spear to thrust into the side of the mighty beast. He was then taken to a mental institution for throwing a fire poker into his daughter's cat.

Now back to where we left off!

On the Monday after Bondo, St. Benedict's was having an off week for midterms and mid-semester break. So I slept in the morning, and I went to St. Maurus. It was a good half day of work, and it was about this time I began thinking that the week would be the first routine week since I'd gotten to Nairobi. At dinner, however, I met a nice Australian guy name Nimal. He's going into the seminary, but he decided that he wanted to do a little mission work first. He bought a plane ticket to Kenya and somehow found the Amani Center. He had told me about at place somewhere around Mathare that he wanted to go, and I told him I would take him in the morning since I know Mathare pretty well by now. He also asked if I could charge his iPhone.

Tuesday morning hits pretty hard at 6am. Anyways, I met up with Nimal and we set off. Turns out, we were going to the Mother Theresa Center. I'd heard about it, but I hadn't gotten a chance to go yet. They invited us in, and we went to Mass. After Mass is where some new experiences showed up. They put me to work with the handicapped kids. I had to wash them. Rub down their whole bodies with vasoline. Clothe them. Feed them. And then finally clip their toenails. It was different than anything else I've done. I went to see the nursery which had 8 little babies. 3 of them had AIDS. Then I went to the Women's center. There's about 30 women who live there. They're either sick, elderly, or pregnant. All in all, it was a really cool and changing experience.

Wednesday and Thursday I went to St. Maurus and did my thing there.

Friday. I went to Karen. I was there until Monday morning. On Saturday we got to go to this big party held my the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya. Lots of cool speakers. It started raining though and I got soaked which was sad because I'd only brought the one pair of jeans. Made life a little interesting. The sisters at the convent are really great. They treat me super well, and they think I'm funny!

I came back on Monday in time to get a little Drawing action done at St. Benedict's and then I went to St. Maurus directly afterward. Eleanor, a lady staying at Amani, had given me a hand painted Memory game set for the St. Maurus kids. They love that game and they were thrilled. I was feeling charged up, and ready to go! The next day, I did a similar routine except that evening I went to FIFA game kenya vs. South Africa! Super epic. Kenya lost 2-1 on an own goal. It was depressing, but I have the one goal we scored on video here:


It was crazy exciting.

Today I went a little easier. I did St. Benedict's in the morning, and chilled in the afternoon. Gonna hit the ground running tomorrow.

Ok. Before I go though, everyone should know that if you are looking to donate this is what to do. Write a check to Belmont Abbey and write BVC - Harris(or someone else) - Name of center you're donating for(optional) in the comment part. Here's the Abbey's address:

Southern Benedictine Society
100 belmont mount holly road
Belmont, NC 28012

I hope everyone is doing well! Send me letters or something! I haven't gotten a single one yet!

Benedictine Fathers
Amani Conference Centre
P.O. Box 32101-00600
Nairobi - Kenya

-Harris Moriarty