3 days...

Here I am... back from Mexico and ready for Kenya. My flight is on boxing day, probably the busiest day of the year at the airport... but I am excited.

I have spent the last week and a half preparing, emotionally (saying goodbye to friends, family, loved ones), and physically (getting vaccinations, getting malaria pills, buying products... and packing!!).

My family and I celebrated Christmas a week early to accommodate my flight, so my Christmas excitement is over... now just the last minute preparations and I will be off...

some cool things in Kenya... we will be there for New Years and O'Bama's inaugauration, which will be quite the event I am guessing...

next time i post i will be there :) wish me luck on the looooooong flight.

talk to you soon,
Jodie

On my last visit, I couldn't believe the state of the classrooms, if you can even call them that. In that broken down and dusty room, about 60 students would gather... with 3 or 4 to each desk. I can't imagine teaching in something like that... and to think, I have complained about it being too hot or cold in my classrooms.

The other picture is me with some of the sweetest students from the school. We would sing and laugh for hours. This is one of my favorite pictures.

Those are just some pictures from my last trip... Pretty cool how this all works.

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This is just a test :)
 
Like I said, just sorting some stuff out. 

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T- minus two months

So here is my first blog attempt. Thanks for joining me, although I don't leave for another 2 months, I wanted to be sure I had a good grasp on this whole thing before I go halfway across the world.

I want to welcome those of you from Alexandra, Central, and any other schools around the Lindsay area who are going to follow me through this adventure.

I am travelling with Free the Children as a facilitator for groups that have fundraised and committed to school building and water projects throughout rural Kenya. I am not 100% certain of how often I will be able to write... or blog (I guess thats what you call it)... but I am hoping to keep on it as much as I can.

soooo... here we go...

peace out.