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December | 2010 | Chronicles of a Kenyan
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Chronicles of a Kenyan. The Peace Corps experience from a recent Nebraska college graduate's perspective. The Art of Kenyan Gift Giving. 8220;Quick question, should I bring a gift? 8220;Yes.”. I have no idea what is appropriate.”. 8220;You should bring a vest, size XXL.”. I’ve heard that at ceremonies like funerals, it’s good to bring a gift like a kilo of sugar. Many people will be drinking chai, and a lot of sugar will be used. Practical enough. Aren’t there any other options? What the eff. Keep in...
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Let us pray. | Chronicles of a Kenyan
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Chronicles of a Kenyan. The Peace Corps experience from a recent Nebraska college graduate's perspective. 8221; was written on a chalkboard in the front of the church, most likely to drive home the message. And then I was introduced and called up to the altar. I was invited to the service to talk about HIV and a general overview. We were taught in training that when addressing churches about the spread of HIV, just allude to using condoms and don’t actually say the word,. How long will you be in Kenya?
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March | 2011 | Chronicles of a Kenyan
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Chronicles of a Kenyan. The Peace Corps experience from a recent Nebraska college graduate's perspective. My pink Target watch battery died on March 20. The seven dollar watch I had bought for Kenya and have worn daily since the day I left America died on March 20. Time stopped at that moment, and that is the day I left. My time was officially done in Kenya. I suddenly came to the realization that Detroit was in Michigan, and when I saw people wearing shirts with universities on it, the person probably a...
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February | 2011 | Chronicles of a Kenyan
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Chronicles of a Kenyan. The Peace Corps experience from a recent Nebraska college graduate's perspective. I can now say I have been terrorized. I was not harmed, touched, or threatened in any way. But I was indeed terrorized in the night. At 3 am my friend awoke to a tapping sound at her window. When she looked, she saw fingertips. We called the watchman and he searched the area and found nobody. Come, greet me”. Well, we found answers, but they left a little to be desired. When we told our stories to pe...
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July | 2010 | Chronicles of a Kenyan
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Chronicles of a Kenyan. The Peace Corps experience from a recent Nebraska college graduate's perspective. And this is something that I will just get used to. Knows Kiswahili and has only been here for two months. I am neighbors with the parish pastor, and he has made me feel more than welcome by inviting me over for meals and providing me with an assortment of beverages, ones I didn’t even know that priests drank. They felt bad that I didn’t eat meat in the. I’ve also had some very interesting conversati...
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September | 2010 | Chronicles of a Kenyan
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Chronicles of a Kenyan. The Peace Corps experience from a recent Nebraska college graduate's perspective. Found this guy in my front lawn. Just a few unwanted visitors. A whole lot of unwanted visitors. Goats running away because of my skill at chasing them away. A strange sight to see. Comments : 2 Comments. I could find and marry a husband tomorrow. And surely I would cook and clean and do all the housework and bear ten children, so where is the problem? Go to your window, look outside, Someone is wait...
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Chronicles of a Kenyan | The Peace Corps experience from a recent Nebraska college graduate's perspective. | Page 2
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Chronicles of a Kenyan. The Peace Corps experience from a recent Nebraska college graduate's perspective. People have asked me if I ever feel homesick. To me, homesick is a multi-faceted word. Thanks to me somehow rigging unlimited 3G internet, I am very well connected to email and facebook. I talk to at least one member of my family every day on Google chat or Skype, and I am able to keep up with my friends’ lives too, so it’s not necessarily like I’m people-sick . Comments : 3 Comments. My best friend ...
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Love in Translation | Chronicles of a Kenyan
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Chronicles of a Kenyan. The Peace Corps experience from a recent Nebraska college graduate's perspective. People keep asking me what I do every day, and I never really know how to answer that. It’s a harder question than it sounds. Do I go to an office and sit at a desk? No Do I go to school from 9-5? No Do I perform surgeries and deliver babies in hospitals? No, sorry Dad. You have been so lost! Where have you been lost? I am just here. News of so many days? You have done exercise. Yes, this morning.
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June | 2010 | Chronicles of a Kenyan
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Chronicles of a Kenyan. The Peace Corps experience from a recent Nebraska college graduate's perspective. Life’s Learned Lessons. I’ve been here for a little over a month now, and it turns out that I’ve actually learned a thing or two. My clothes are cleaner now than they have ever been in America, and I have bleeding knuckles as a result of this. I’m not sure if I actually learned how to do this correctly, but whatever. Instead of bringing a flashlight to the. I’ve learned that if a woman walks down the...
