Weekend Adventures

It was a holiday weekend here, so we didn't work on Friday. Instead our group traveled to the waterfall right in town. This waterfall provides water to the whole town of Maua. It was breathtakingly gorgeous.

Then we made our own pizza Friday night. Like made the bread from scratch and everything! I had a slight mishap the day before when I tried to make bread and it didn't go so well, so Christina and Ida helped me. It was delicious and probably the best food I've had since I've been here. Here are a couple pictures from the process. 

Saturday, we took the matatu, which is a 14 passenger mini bus, to the closest big town. The matatu is an interesting experience. It costs 200 schillings (about $2.50) to ride an hour, and they like to cram as many people in as possible, so at one point there were 24 adults and a baby riding in this mini bus. Talk about crammed! The town is called Meru and it had a sports club that we heard had a pool. So we went and laid by the pool and read for most of the day. Not too shabby for an African pool, right?

The main attraction in Meru is the Nakumat, which is a large supermarket. Think Walmart, Africa style. I was in heaven. Our little supermarket in town has most of the necessities, but no name brands and no delicious snacks and no cheese, so many people make the hour trip to the Nakumat to shop for "extravagant" items. Here are some of my American favs that I could find :)

He has risen! Easter Sunday was a bit nostalgic for me. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Heritage Easter services and it was the first time in a long time I wasn't there to celebrate. We went to the local church right outside the hospital, for the only English service in town. It was supposed to start at 8am, so of course we got there at 8am. It didn't start until a little after 9am. Everything is so slow and no one hurries...another thing I'm trying to adjust to. The service was a very traditional service and I really liked worshipping God and celebrating the resurrection of our Savior with brothers and sisters all around the world. It was a glimpse of heaven and a really cool experience. I spent the rest of the day hand washing my clothes! What a chore. I am now incredibly thankful for washing machines and dryers and I have decided to wear less clothes. My forearms hurt from wringing out my clothes and it took me forever to boil the water, wash the clothes, rinse them and hang them up to dry. And of course because it now rains sporadically everyday I have all my damp clothes strung across my living room in hopes they dry quickly. 

It was nice to have a long weekend but I'm looking forward to getting back into the hospital and getting back to work. I'm going to be spending some time in the maternity ward this week and can't wait to help babies be delivered. I really love babies. Also this coming weekend I'm heading out of town on safari. Stay tuned for some awesome animal pics.

Miss you all and love you lots!