I've arrived!

Hey everyone...I'm so excited you are reading my blog and sharing in this journey with me. I left Columbus yesterday afternoon (with only minimal tears at the airport...I was proud of myself) and traveled first to Newark, NJ then to Zurich, Switzerland and finally to Nairobi, Kenya. It was an exhausting day but I was thankful for smooth travels, on time flights and zero hiccups!

Moments of the day worth sharing:

• Flying to Zurich, the man sitting in 34A decided to sleep on my shoulder...and I don't just mean rest his head on my shoulder but he snuggled in. It was awkward but I did have a great travel pillow and he didn't so I just let it be. Only after an hour or so I intentionally coughed and moved farther away from him.
• If you ever get a chance to fly Swiss Airlines...do it. The food was awesome (which says a lot for me...think pasta and chicken, swiss ice cream, swiss chocolate, and pizza) Alison, I caved and had a diet coke. I was dying and just HAD to. I will go an extra day beyond Easter to make up for it. They had great movie choices as well. I watched New Years Eve, The Ides of March and Breaking Dawn Part 4. I also got to see the Swiss Alps out my window, I'll have to figure out how to post a picture because it was GORGEOUS. Someday I'm going to do more than just fly over them.
• I didn't get left at the airport. I had been having this recurring dream, or rather nightmare where I come down the escalator in Nairobi and there was no one to pick me up...but sure enough there was a man names Samson holding a sign that said "Laven Lewis". He was super helpful, friendly and a crazy driver (which apparently you have to be in Nairobi.)

All that to say that I made it here and the hotel I'm staying at is adorable. I had a cheese sandwich and french fries at the hotel restaurant and the only thing I can find on TV here is football (american soccer). Wolfpack boys, you'd love it here. Every channel is showing some game, and I made a new friend in the restaurant by sharing my extensive knowledge about the English Premier League. Thanks for always talking about soccer ALL THE TIME so I actually sounded like I knew what I was talking about :)

Tomorrow I'll be heading to my site in Maua and am looking forward to settling in and getting to work. Love and miss you all!

xo