Dancing as Equals

I met Agie's (our house help) little girl today. She is so sweet and adorable. And I thought about how different our lives have been and will be. She will never have the education or travel experience I have had. She probably will never leave Kenya. And probably most her life she will have to work really hard to live life.
I think about the joy she finds in things like my camera or the lotion I bought her today. She has such joy in the way she lives her life. I want to understand. I want to know where she finds her happiness. Because looking around this place sometimes I think it's impossible to find.
It's true what they say about music being the great connector because this afternoon we danced around my room together as equals. And our joy was tossed carelessly about into the air. Agie shared with me part of her passion for life in that moment.
Dancing as equals...


Other times, the two of us sit in my room, for hours at a time. Just sitting, not saying a word with the music playing in the background, each in our own thoughts but still sharing. We share the air, this human function of breathing is this time what connects us. We haven't exchanged many words but my relationship exemplifies that there are times when communication is so much more than what we say.Although Agie's constant presence can be an annoyance because I am truly American and crave aloneness, I have come to long for this time we share together.
Agie teaching me to make Chapati! It's a very long process and lots of work, but the pay off is delicious.

Dad and Sue got kitties! This is Linus and Lucy.

I realized I have no pictures of my homestay up! So here is Nkita's house!

My room.

We went to lunch today at a friend's house and they had a tree house! So I found my way up the tree (eventually) and did some exploring.

Dan I found you're monkey!!!!!! Now I just have to catch him!