my first day at school

My first day at school was AWESOME"!!!!!! So first, my teacher Mr. Willi introduced me to a kid named Reis.  He was going to show me around.  He showed me everything I needed to know.  After that, we went to the bars because there was no playground.  Well kind of there was, there are bars, swings, piled logs, net, and ropes.  So we were just talking and he said, "so where are you from" and I said "America" then he said "wow! America, I always wanted to be friends with an American" then I said, "well then your wishes are coming true, we're friends!"  And that's how you make a friend on the first day of school.  Man that's my new record of making a friend during school, awesome! So now we were in class and I was kind of confused because I'm new here and they were saying something about a holiday.  At first I thought it meant holiday, like Christmas but then I realized  there is more than one holiday, so then I thought it meant a birthday but it meant summer.

The first day of school is a big deal, its your first impression, its time to shine. And at first I was scared and nervous but then It was AWESOME!!!!!

The food

In Africa the food is different than in America. In America, there is fast food and fountain drinks that go up to the size of a bucket. In Africa, they have simple, healthy, different, and delicious food all over Africa like chapati (flat bread, like a tortilla), maharagwe (beans), pilau (rice and meat with spices), matoke (green bananas that taste like potatoes), sima (boiled ground maize), and much more.  I love all the food here, and I love to go out to hotelis (little shack cafes) and get these things.  I love chapati and maharagwe the most and I don't really like the green bananas.  Africa has glass bottled soda everywhere like Coke, Sprite, Fanta, and more.  They have no fountain drinks anywhere and very few cans. The juice here is really good, my brothers and I always have a craving for passion juice! Some of the very fancy restaurants try to make American food, but it is really gross. One time we went to a restaurant called King James and it was a hoteli.  It cost only 5 or 6 American dollars for my whole family and I even had a cold soda with my meal and it was the best food ever! I love African food it is really good.
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a trip to the village for my dads birthday

t was my dad's birthday, he turned 40.
In the morning we gave him our presents I'm pretty sure he loved them all.  After that we went to the village where my mom and dad used to live 14 years ago.  They had a friend named Sudi and he kept pictures of my mom, dad, and porter as a baby. He gave them to his other friend named Ali he was also friends with my mom and dad.  Ali owned a restaurant, so we ate there and it was delicious.  I ate chapati and I loved it.  After that we looked around where my mom and lived.  I thought it was really cool that my mom and dad were here 14 years ago and now they are here in Africa again.

With Ali in front of his "hoteli" (swahili for restaurant) 

Still, my dads birthday, and I cant believe he's turning 40! They grow up so fast, but 40, man that's old. So old he could be a grandpa!,  no not a grandpa.
I still cant believe that were in Africa. I learned that this is a once in a life time chance, a experience of a life time that hardly anyone gets

Many kids watched us while we ate

to have. I just think its really cool.

What a crazy day in Kenya

  Ok, my mom and dad have been very busy these last couple days.  They have to drive 2 hours to Mombasa where they do most of their work.  So one day, my mom, dad, and Alta went to Mombasa and left us at home with no food! So what are we going to do for lunch? I will tell you what, we hiked with the ladies who work at the Shamba named Gertrude and Petronella for two miles just to get a Matatu (a small bus) which took us to lunch at "King James Cafe". It's just a little hoteli  (shack cafe) on the side of the road.  It was delicious!  Then we walked across the busy street to get a tuk tuk  (a three wheeled motorcycle with back seats and a cover) which took us back home.  What a crazy day!  All that for some lunch

The Differences Between Utah and Kenya

For the past few days we have been living in Kenya.  In Kenya, things are a lot different than Utah so there are some things I need to get used to.  Like the mosquitos, they carry malaria unlike in Utah there are less mosquitos and they do not carry malaria. When I got here for the fist time it was really humid for me.  I felt sticky, but in Utah it is one of the driest states in the United States of America.   Most people in Kenya speak English, but some kids my age don't.  So that is going to be hard to get used to by speaking Swahili myself.  The biggest loss is the snow and the skiing.   My family and I in winter in Utah ski every Saturday,  but in Africa there is no snow and in December it is the hottest month of the year.  Also one of the other biggest losses is that most of our holidays won't feel the same because people don't celebrate them like Thanksgiving, 4th of July , Halloween, and Christmas.   There won't be any snow like it says in most Christmas songs. When we were living in Utah and my dad said we were moving to Africa I giggled because that sounded crazy.  Then 2 months later, I woke up in Africa.    It is kind of like when my dad pretends to be zombie and scares us and we know he is just teasing us. Then the next day he really is zombie because he is eating my little brother.  I can't believe we are actually living here, it is so different and I love it.

Taking a walk through a shama (farm)

My Church in Africa

The church sign on the gate.

On Sunday we went to church in Kenya for the first time.  So on the way there we got a little lost.  We turned on this dirt road with little houses on it and goats. We all said, "I don't think this is the road," but then we passed a sign.  So we backed up and that was the church. It didn't even look close to a church in Utah.  It was very little.   It had a flat roof and there was no grass. But when we pulled in I could already feel the Holy Ghost strong. Then we went in, we were a little late so we were in the back which was not that far from the front.  You couldn't really hear them. They talked really quite.  When sacrament meeting was over we go to primary? So we had no idea where to go so we just followed all the kids. They all went in one room. Primary was so different, they had little tiny chairs and all kids 11 and under were in there so we had a little lesson about Lehi and Nephi, then we sung like 6 songs.  They asked us to stand up and sing our favorite song.  I sung Book of Mormon Stories.  Everybody laughed when they heard my name for some reason. Then we played games and drank juice and ate candy.  Then church was over, no classes. Everybody had to either shake my hand or touch me on the way out.  That was my first day at church in Africa.

All About Kenya by Everett

Out the window of the car by Porter

First off, we made it! Yay!  and also I got to teach you about Kenya, my new home.  Oh the streets, well, you drive you see lots of interesting things.   On the side of the street lots of people trying to sell stuff.   Its like New York, but without the huge buildings. Its hut versions of them. I hate sitting in the car without a electronic because, its boring, and risky of loosing your life.  Because this one time we were driving and then it just got crazy, people kept cutting us off, and cars went in our lane for no reason.  When we cut someone off they flipped us off.   Also when we go by we also see monkeys, and above us there are monkey bars.  So when the monkeys want to cross they go across the monkey bars so they don't get hit by a car, and I think its really cool that they put that.
What we do when we are bored.   If you have a electronic use that, or play a sport, and if you don't have a ball or electronic your going to die.  If you just don't want to be sitting there with no electronics or a ball, read a book, or take a nap then if your by a beach your in luck, because we are close by a beach.  We were collecting seashells, but you can also build sand castles and play in the ocean its really fun but you might find something else to do.
Well, I guess that's all!

Driving to Mombasa