We had church today at our house. Kirsten and I made some tacos for lunch because they had never had Mexican food before. No one knew what to do with the shells and they didn't eat much. Baptist told us that taco means bum in Swahili, so that's probably why.
We had a meeting with an Italian girl named Franchesca. She has contacts with schools and orphanages here and so she was able to get us in to volunteer at an orphanage here. We met her at a bar; it was weird to be in a bar, especially on Sunday.
After our meeting we went to the orphanage. When we walked in some kids ran over and gave us hugs. They were all so excited to see us. They got some chairs and set them up for us and then they did a performance. It was a traditional African dance and it was so cool! Part way through the boys did some acrobatics and they balanced 7 people on one person. It was craziness. Then they did more dancing and singing.
Afterwards they all introduced themselves to us. Franchesca knows Swahili so she told them that we would be coming for the next week and they were all so excited. They don't know any English so it will be interesting to try and communicate with them.
We have two hours to fill on Monday and who knows how much for the rest of the week. There are about 40 kids ages 3-18 so if you have any ideas of activities we can do with them we would greatly appreciate it. They are an arts based school so they do a lot with theater, music, dancing and art but they would probably enjoy anything. I am so excited to work with them!
Oh and sorry for the lack of pictures, they won't let us take any at the orphanage without permission.
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