We all were glad to have some comfortable beds and showers as it had been awhile for both : ) We all headed to breakfast at the Lukenya dinning hall, it was very good they had made-to-order omlettes, potatoes, beans, crossaints, and our favorite-crepes! After breakfast at around 8am we proceeded to have a pretty relaxing day for most of us! Lance, Duncan, Elijah, Kuria, and Michael were running around most of the day attending to last minute details for the community development conference that would be taking place tomorrow. However, for Laura, Amanda, Rachel and I decided it would be fun to get a little African sun so we could come home with a tan! This was a great idea despite the cloudy day; yet, after about 3 hours of sun (without sunscreen)we thought we had finally gotten some sun! It wasn't till later that we realized we had more than just a tan.....we were all BURNED badly! Amanda with her georgous shorts tan line, Laura with her freckles, and Rachel and I with glowing red faces and shoulders! Thankfully, Martha (Michael's youngest daughter)came to play in the pool with us and even though we had to play in the shade we had so much fun.
Afterwards, we changed and decided to go on the advertised "walking safari" in the surrounding grasslands around Lukenya Getaway! Unfortnately, this "walking safari" turned into more of a "hiking safari" and they did not worn us to wear appropriate attire. We had on shorts or capris and sandles! After about a 20 minute walk in knee high grass and many animal droppings...we arrived in front several giraffes! They did not really like us there as they were very observant of us the entire time and as we got closer they moved away. However, we got very close to all of them as well as the beautiful baby giraffes. We took many pictures and continued on our way! As we continued to hike around we saw zebras close up and some gizelles! After about a 45 minute hike through tick infested (and I'm sure large snakes) tall grass we made it back to the dirt road back to Lukenya Getaway! As excited as we were to see all the animals we were sure to inform the staff that they should require pants and hiking boots!!!
Next, we were just in time for dinner and Lance and everyone had returned to join us. Also, Jillo, Peter and Lora had returned to eat with us. Dinner was good with Ugali, Vegetables, spaghetti and minced mutton for the sauce! We talked and caught up on everything and then we found out that one of our new friends Lucas was going to play the guitar and sing with all of us. We found him and about 10-15 other students from Daystar University to sing together and play the guitar. It was a fun way to get to know some of the students and some of them gave us a performance. Also, Josiah graced us with a wonderful performance of a Paramore song! After we had fellowshipped it was very late and we still had to pack because we were leaving the next day!
When Rachel and I returned from the sing-song session we had much to pack and un-pack so that we could have our bags ready for the airport at 9am!
We finally went to bed around midnight...it was very hard to sleep with our full-body burns but were glad to get some rest for our busy day tomorrow!!!
(A sidenote-Faria had traveled to visit her aunt that she has not seen in 20 years near Eastleigh, and also to buy some beautiful scarfs as requested for some of the team. When she returned we were all glad to see her and picked through her many amazing scarfs!)
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They did not really like us there as they were very observant of us the entire time and as we got closer they moved away. However, we got very close to all of them as well as the beautiful baby giraffes. We took many pictures and continued on our way! As love language quiz we continued to hike around we saw zebras close up and some gizelles! After about a 45 minute hike through tick infested (and I'm sure large snakes) tall grass we made it back to the dirt road back to Lukenya Getaway! As excited as we were to see all the animals we were sur
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