jayln on March 31st, 2009

i decide to write something that doesn’t take much inner thought. something not too terribly boring. did you know that kenya is so very different from the states!? yes. well, i did too. but i didn’t know to what extent it was different. its vastly different. maybe more than vastly but i can’t think of [...]

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jayln on March 30th, 2009

living amongst poverty is so wrenching. hunger is everywhere here. there are areas of large slums in nairob. marthari valley is one of the biggest. it is near where i am staying. there is really no official way to count all the people that live there, but they say there are anywhere from 500,000 to [...]

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jayln on March 27th, 2009

this week we went south of nairobi to scope out future sights for medical clinics. we hopped inside the range rover, traveled through the city. got stuck for quite a while in the madness of nairobi traffic. honestly, i am shocked at the ability these people have to weave in and out of the high [...]

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jayln on March 25th, 2009

these are pictures from the orphanage today…
this is mercy maria. what a doll she is. less than a year old. they found her abandoned at the gate of the orphage. talk about eating, this girl can do it! and she laughs at the slightest glance…
one more, this is grace. she is about 2 months. she [...]

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cho

jayln on March 25th, 2009

not too important. but you may read if you wish. could be a waste of  words. but not to me. viewer discretion advised. this is a story about a cho. a long-drop. a poo hole. lou. whatever you want to call it. so, one day in the village of laisamis, i had to pee real [...]

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