Rachel's Last Day

So...Rachel leaves today :( I'm going to miss her!

The party yesterday was really fun. We had a swingset built for the kids, and they were able to try it out yesterday. They loved it! We also made a couple of cakes and had soda for the kids. Rachel also had goodbye gifts for them. They were so excited - very cute!

Since Rachel is leaving, I wanted to list some of the cool things we've accomplished since coming to Sidai Children's Home a little more than two months ago:

- put in WATER!!
- had bookshelves and shoeracks built
- helped two boys get into school (bought uniforms, built a desk for a "donation" to get them into school, etc.)
- built a divider for the Class 1 and Nursery classes
- bought a bunch of books for the kids
- swingset for the kids - 3 swings!
- stocked school supplies
- sending another boy to boarding school in May and hopefully sending two more to public school
- bought a bunch of food for the kids
- gave the kids tons of shoes

I'm here in Ngong for awhile longer, but I wanted to list some of the things we've done since it's been an amazing two months!

I'm going with our family (our host mom's sister has a car, and Rachel is paying her family to drive) to drop Rachel off at the airport tonight. I'm leaving to visit two other volunteers in Nyeri (near Mt. Kenya) tomorrow morning. I'll update again early next week.

Happy Friday!