Our kim chee experiment

Me and rasta man Big Brother at Pirates beach in Kenya. He is the cheif of the beach

Clothes after they have been burried and dug up because of the kalimajung raids

I had this many kids gathered around me every day I went to the villages

A woman killing a snake she found in her house

I miss this African sky

Some of my new friends and behind them are the mud baskets they use for preserving cassava and sweet potato

One of the beautiful boar holes that we used for water

Learning Thumb piano from a pro

Some of the Fashionable Ugandan children in the Katawi District.

Back

I made it away from Kenya more alive than I went in, and have arrived safly back in Tulsa Ok for Christmas. I will work on putting up photos of my trip now that I have high speed internet. I'll write soon.

My Last Days in Soroti

I have had sooo much fun teaching at the school the past two weeks and am sad to see the students going home for their two month break, but I did a project with them this week that will be waiting for them when they return. I spent about 30,000 schillings on two beautiful hand made clay pots, 13 heads of cabbage, 3 kilos of onions, 6 heads of garlic, half a kilo of ginger, 8 bunches of carrots, 5 packs of chili powder, 4 packs of seed and bark seasoning, 6 piles of cassava, 1 kilo of French beans, 2 handkerchiefs, a bag of salt, and 7 caveras which are plastic bags. In dollars it equals about $15. We made about 10 gallons of Fermented Vegetables or some call it Kim chee. We buried it under a tree and will be ready after about 2 months I hope. The kid’s teachers and other pilgrim staff are very excited to see and eat the results. The biology teacher is now ready to have a series of experiments to find the best way to preserve fresh vegetables in Africa through fermentation. I said my goodbyes but will be back tomorrow for the teachers. I have decided to call the us embassy in Kenya to talk about my travel plans and find out if the precautions I and using will be enough, because of the warning posted about terrorism in Kenya. I am also getting home sick tremendously. I feel like it increases the closer you get to leaving. I only have 8 days left until my return to Tulsa where the Christmas song won’t feel so out of place as they do here. Everyone is singing carols and songs about Christmas but is it dry dusty hot and sunny. I really need some cold weather for a change. See you soon.