It is always a little hard leaving the beach no matter what country you are in, but it was even more hard knowing I only had one more night in Kenya before I was flying home to North Carolina. Our road trip home we had to make another stop at the Petrol Station in Voi. Ronnie and Steve left Zach and I to eat lunch while they went into Voi to visit a relative in the hospital. I actually ordered ugali and greens and a Kenyan woman noted it as she walked by our table. When Ronnie and Steve returned they had a few other people with them so they ordered food and Zach and I waited while they ate. We finally got back on the road and made it safely back to Nairobi after dark. It was even scarier driving the roads at night. When police wanted to do a check they only had kerosene lanterns to alert people. I kept my eyes closed for some of the trip home and when we got there I felt like I was back with my family. It was so wonderful to see the children, the other housemates, Violet, Helen, and then to meet the new members of the household. I knew I needed to head on to bed because the next morning I would be making my last school visit and this time it would be to Julius' school and I would get to visit his Grade 7 class to share my students' art and to have them make art to bring back.
The Headmaster and teacher were prepared for me. I had emailed and confirmed with the headmaster that I would be coming. This is a huge difference between the private schools and the public community schools in Kenya. The private schools have more resources. The school has internet access and they had lots of books. The students had many supplies in their desks and they seemed a bit more comfortable with me. I took my iPad and shared images from our school website with the students as I walked around the room. They used a chalkboard like the other schools I visited so I just talked to them about my students and our school a bit. I explained that my students had made art for them and I would like them to make some for my students. The students loved this! It was definitely filled with many budding artists! They would draw one and then ask me for more paper to draw more! My heart was warmed to see how receptive they were to it. It was also helpful to have Serah with me and her son, Julius was in this class. I think it is so interesting since I will have my own son in my art class this year. It definitely seems I need to make another trip to Kenya and take my children.