Today was
a day of making connections. For some reason all of the discussions I had with
people triggered connections in my brain to understand. It’s interesting how
just now I am finally making sense of certain aspects of the culture or where
things are coming from. Maybe I am finally understanding.
This
morning I received an e-mail from a friend asking me if I had ever read Little
Prince the book. No wonder the name of that school sounded familiar, along
with a familiar looking picture at the entry. I had read the story in French
last year. I only remember bits and pieces of the story so when I return home I
will have to read the book in English. I was telling Vivian about this
realization. She told me how there is the book in the school’s library and the
children absolutely love reading it. I wish I could have seen this book when I
visited.
I was
telling Vivian about my visit to the small church this weekend and she
explained why the church is so important. The church I visited on Saturday is
the smallest in Kenya and was built during World War II by the Italian
prisoners of war. The church is a symbol for the everlasting relationship those
who fought in the war had with God. This would explain why the church was built
in 1942.
For some
of the meals in the Guest House they serve a tomato salad. I could never figure
out why the salad tasted so spicy. I always get the tomatoes thinking it will
be just plain tomatoes, but it always seems to have a kick. At one point I
thought the spice was caused by the onions. Today I finally realized the spice
is because the salad I eat which I thought was only tomatoes is actually
tomatoes and chili peppers. They look so similar that I can’t tell the two
apart. This explains a lot.
Before I
left I was told about the products icipe
makes with the insects. I always thought this was just the research I had seen
on the first day with making insect repellents. Even after living on this
campus for almost two months I still don’t know my surroundings. I entered a
new building today where many insects are kept. These insects are used for
producing different products such as honey and silk. I didn’t get to see any of
the insects directly, but their products look awesome. Amazing how such a small
insect can create such beauty.
Those are
most of my discoveries for the day. I never fail to learn something new each
and every day I spend in Kenya. My time in the office today was spent catching
up on writing and working on my research report. Hopefully I can get a majority
of the report written by Friday.
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