FAQs, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAD!!

Here's some questions I've been asked lately about the trip ICYDK...

"Where are you going?"
A small town outside of Nairobi, Kenya in East Africa
"What's Kamulu?"
the name of the town we will be living in
"What are you doing now?"
Finishing up my masters in Plant Breeding at Texas A&M
"What are you packing?"
Clothes, medicine, toiletries, camera, books, along with some supplies we want to bring for MITS and small things to remind us of home. The city is somewhat close by and has almost anything that we would really need.
"How are you paying or being supported for this?"
My church at A&M is paying for half the expenses- they call it a "Serve Abroad"- and we find a way to fund the rest. I eat a lot of tuna and eggs so I got it covered but if you want to support us you can keep us in your thoughts and prayers!
"Are there bathrooms? Where will you stay?"
Yes. Laquita and I get our own apartment-like room that has two bedrooms, a living area, and private bathroom. FANCY.
"Are you coming back for Christmas?"
No :( but I'll skype...or we could have Christmas in March??
"Isn't it hot over there?"
Probably so, but its hot here too.
"Are you going to miss your family?"
Nah I'm kinda sick of them anyways. They probably don't even read this...
Ofcourse I will! I wish Kenya was connected to Texas so it wouldn't be so hard to get to.
"So are you planting fake wheat in Africa?"
This makes more sense if you know what my thesis is about (which I will gladly explain to anyone!)- but no they don't plant any wheat where I'm going.
"So are you super excited?"
YES! I wish I was already over there now sitting in a coffee shop typing this.

Made in the Streets

On September 15th a college/church friend of mine and I are stuffing our suitcases full and heading out to live on a "farm" outside of Nairobi in the Eastern Province of Kenya, Africa. We are working with a ministry that calls itself "Made in the Streets" or MITS for short. To find out more about MITS you can click on the link below but basically it's an orphanage/training school for children ages 14 and up who were previously living on the streets of Nairobi. A wonderful American couple (that spend much of their time in Kenya) started the ministry from scratch 15 years ago and its continued to grow since then. My friend and I will both be "interns" which means we don't know exactly what we are doing but we'll be glad to figure it out. I'm staying there about 6 months unless I decide to live there forever but that would probably only work if I could convince the 11 (soon to be 12!) members of my immediate family to move out their with me. I'll work on it.

P.S. so this is the blog that I will TRY to keep updated (with pics) once we leave but if it fizzles out you should blame HALEY- since she's the one in charge of this ;)