You might be in Kenya if…
* Baby Crocodiles are a common snackfood.
* No matter what what meal of the day, you are guaranteed to bite down on a bone of some sort.
* 84 degrees is “bundle up” weather.
* When you ask the locals what type of monkey that was jumping around in the trees and they look at you rolling their eyes to say, “It’s JUST a monkey.”
* Kids come up to you and ask if you know President Obama personally.
* Common refreshments on a 90+ degree day include; hot milk, hot tea, hot coffee, or hot chocolate.
* You’ve seriously considered several schemes to smuggle gorgeous kids home in your luggage.
* An offer of “fresh” lemonade in someone’s home feels a little bit like a nice gesture to ingest Anthrax. However, it would be culturally insensitive to decline.
* Prayers during a church service are so long that it’s possible to fall asleep twice before they’re over.
* You accidentally break the news to people that Michael Jackson is no longer with us. Oops.
* Large groups of people think you are hilarious just because you are white.
Check back in a few hours for a post about hope that flows through the most dangerous slum in Kenya.
In the meantime, check out what the other bloggers have to say about our experience by going to the Compassion Bloggers Kenya Trip page.
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When we traveled abroad with our kids, we had a saying, “Watch your face!” When we were given (anthrax laced) lemonade…”Watch your face!” When given baby chickens with their heads still on, “Watch your face!” Watching flies being plucked off the meat you were ordering, “Watch your face!”
Words to live by!
~kristin
p.s. thanks for letting me live vicariously through you and Allie! I miss it!
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Okay, that post was just plain awesome. It made me think of being in Vietnam and China. The beauty of it all and how WE were the different ones…and the children…oh the beautiful children. And of course the locals would come up to us and discipline us on not dressing our children appropriately by not wrapping them in layer upon layers. Is that skin I see showing? The horror! : )
Beautiful post.
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this is awesome. that is all.
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that’s friggin awesome. Can’t wait to hear how you got the shot of the lady with the crocodile.
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I can’t believe you told them about MJ…
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You seriously are the most uncool dude ever for info-ing them about MJ. What is up with you PR!!!
Great post by the way.(despite how uncool you are)
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I absolutely love your pictures! Your post yesterday completely moved me to action, so much so that I quoted you on my site today and provided a link you your site - if that’s not ok, let me know and I’ll take it down ASAP. I just want more people to know about Compassion! You guys are doing awesome work!
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I know this probably comes off as harsh, but is Compassion International doing ANYTHING at all for birth control counseling to the people of third world countries?? Helping the children and the parents of these children is full of God’s Grace, no doubt. But, unless the people of Kenya and other third world countries practice birth control, it’s like putting a bandaid on an open and infested flesh wound. The help is needed, but it wouldn’t be so drastic if birth control was actively practiced. Is Compassion International active in teaching birth control to the youth of these countries, along with it’s other teachings and good deeds? Or does Compassion International not believe in intervention in that way?
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Sweet post- I love your pictures!
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the post before this about Mathare made me cry, but this post made me laugh. Beautiful! Your sharing is incredible. God have mercy on His children.
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