what do may showers bring?

On Thursday I met Njuhi in town for lunch! She called me on my way back from Mount Kenya and we met up on Thursday and hung out for a few hours. It was really cool to see a familiar face from the U.S. She filled Whitney and I in on all the madness that has been happening at Bryn Mawr and it made me very grateful for the boredom I have been complaining about.
After we hung out with her for a few hours we took a bus out to Karen for “the last supper”. We were walking through Karen and talking about how we felt like we were in a different world-all the houses have huge walls outside of them with electric fencing and it’s shady and spacious. Then we walked into the St. Lawrence compound and there were all these white tents set up and catering bars. It was pretty nice. So we had dinner there and then there was a performance by this group of a bunch of drummers and dancers who were awesome. Watching the dancing and listening to the drumming was almost intoxicating. Then some guys came out and were juggling fire and others were doing acrobatics. It was really cool. At the end they played some songs and everyone got up and danced including some adorable little kids. After the dancing stopped I was playing on one of the djembes and a couple of the drummer guys said I should come over to where they play because it’s in Kariokor and I could play with them. So that will be really cool.
On my way home this morning I got stopped by some people making a documentary film. They were interviewing expats (foreigners) living in Kenya about their views on terrorism. So they asked me a bunch of questions like “Do you think all Muslims are terrorists?” and “What does a war on terror mean to you?” It was pretty interesting. Hopefully it will be a good movie.
In other news, I just booked my flight to Capetown to visit Zoë! I am really excited. I am leaving the 24th and coming back the 29th of May. May is turning out to be a really busy month, but in a very good way : ) Tomorrow Whitney and I are going to Njuhi’s house for her sister’s birthday party. I am excited to finally meet her family.