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Welcome to my blog! Here I will share with you my experience in Kenya, Africa over the summer of 2014.

I hope that by reading about and viewing pictures from my trip, you will be able to live the experience with me in a way.

A few notes I would like you to keep in mind as you read this:
1. I kept a written journal during my trip and have transcribed it for this blog. In order to keep it as close to the original as possible, I have transcribed it character-for-character. As much as this pains me in some situations, this will mean there are some (many) spelling, grammatical, and structural errors. I think that leaving these intact add to the authenticity of the blog, though, and show that sometimes I had so much running through my head that I just had to get it on paper in any way I could. Also, it is somewhat telling about the environment I was in while writing it.
2. I have left out some details intentionally. If you would like to talk about any of my experiences or have any questions for me, please reach out! I love to talk about it :)
3. There are some opinions which I have chosen to share, which I will hope will be respected. I acknowledge that I do not know everything about some topics I breach, but I chose to share my opinions on them anyways because it shows what this experience brought me to contemplate and recognize, which I may not have previously. If you would like to share your opinions or experiences as well, I would love to hear them. Please feel free to leave all the respectful comments you'd like.

I hope you enjoy reading this! Thank you to everyone who helped me to make this amazing adventure a reality. If any of the stories you read about make you want to get involved, please visit the "Contribute to the Cause" tab to donate to projects underway, or contact me to learn about other ways to help.

Sam

July 10th, 2014 Part 1

12:00 AM (Kenya) 11:00 PM (Amsterdam) 2:00 PM (Phoenix)

After I last wrote we waiting and waited and waited..  Just before going through security I paid for 15 minutes of wi-fi so I could let everyone know I was leaving & give them the flight info so they could track it.  One woman at security gave me grief about the number of liquids I had in my toiletry bag, but thankfully they let me through with it.  The plane is nice & bigger than expected!  It has a full list of movies to watch too.


I just finished watching "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."  The plane was very late in leaving the gate, apparently because many places were leaving at once, so I was halfway through the movie before we even took off!  I just spoke with one of the flight attendants, "George" is his American name.  He asked about where I was from & where we are going.  He is from Bondo, so was very excited to hear we are going there.
A scene from the movie!

We should be to Nairobi at about 6:45AM, which is 6hrs & 38 min from now.  I'm gunna eat & then get to sleep!


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