Naira Sirasa

So we left base and drove to Narok, about 6 hours away. When we got there we set up tents and started on dinner. Definitely cooking over open fires. Sunday was AWESOME. We went to church and got to see all the old maasai ladies in traditional garb doing their tribal dance. Part way through the week, two of our teammates had to go home. They hadn't come with us on outreach, so they were still at base. But they had real bad infection and had to fly back to America. I cried for a week straight. We spent the week ministering to kids, my age group was the youth. They tended to show up on "african time" so instead of 4 hours of teaching/games we only had about 2. But at the end of the week, they told us that they learned so much and were so blessed by us. Christmas was amazing. It was sad to be away from home, but the cultural experience definitely compensated. So Christmas Eve, we stayed up past midnight having a wild dance party, praising God and watching skits and performing songs. Christmas morning we went to church and did more songs and skits. In the afternoon we went to maybe 4 different houses, and had food at each one. One of the mammas said the teenagers will stay out til one am going to peoples' houses and eating! It was so cool. At the end of the week, one of the mammas that we got to bless, turned around and gave me a bracelet that she had made for me! Also, one of the days we walked down to the river, and the "bridge" that we had to cross was simply branches that had been nailed and vined together, extremely high above the water. So sketchy, but such an adventure.