"And I once was lost, but now am found," says Sandy's bag :)

Well, moms bag arrived, 9.5 weeks late. but its here! it has travelled to Paris, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Amsterdam, some other place with chinese-like writing and now to Kenya. What a vacation! This morning, Yeen-Lan (village director-who is AMAZING) got a phone call from Kenya Airways, who said we could pick it up. She asked them if they've got everything they needed from it, and said they better deliver it! So, they left immediately, and 6.5 hours later it got here. Guess they were on Kenyan time... And everything was in the bag! Like nothing had been taken. The only thing that had changed was the bottle of Aloe Vera lotion had burst, and then the bag it was in burst. Not so convenient, I spent like an hour washing off bottles. And then one of my Starbucks Via coffee bag burst, leaving powder stuck onto whatever the Aloe Vera hit. But its okay, I washed it off :)


I forgot about half the stuff I put in there, now that I'm here and I realize how I've managed without most of it (I did buy shampoo, conditioner and lotion). I already knew I didn't need all of it, but everything that would have made things a little more comfortable were gone. But it is possible not to have Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum in my hair every day :). I'll most likely leave most of it behind- you know, in case someones bag doesn't show up!

Unpacking the bag...

All my stuff..after washing off the aloe vera

Onto a completely different topic, I am home in less then a week! I meant to blog last week, but I just didn't do it. So anyways, here we are, 5 days before my crazy adventure ends. I can't believe its almost over, I thought two and a half months was long, but here I am thinking it wasn't long enough. Yes, within the first week I had a huge 'what was I thinking' moment and really wished I was taking the plane home rather then my mom, but coming to Rafiki has got to be the best decision I have ever made. The long days, have all paid off. I completely underestimated how much I would love these kids. I leave on Kilonzi's, a boy in my grade 1 class, birthday. He said to me 'Thats the worst birthday present ever!' So cute. I would take every single kid here home with me, all 99 of them, if they'd let me. So ya. Leaving is going to be hard, but I'm super excited to see everyone! I am not at all looking forward to the plane rides...