Jambo!
We have internet here! We wanted to take a few minutes to update everyone. It's been an eventful few days. Yesterday and the day before, we visted Tenwek Hospital. It was eye opening and inspiring at the same time... definitely a learning experience. Several of us were able to see births, which was absolutely crazy compared to what we've witnessed in American hospitals. Kenyan women are tough, let's just say that. I think I learned more about OB last night than I did my entire OB clinical rotation. A few of us are very interested in returning to Tenwek someday as nurses. We'll see. Yesterday we celebrated 75 years since the first missionary nurse arrived at Tenwek Hospital. There was a health fair going on at the same time, so we helped with blood pressures and medication adminstration. Hundereds of people from the community came to the fair, and it really opened our eyes to the overwhelming need there. It was heart breaking to have to turn people away at the end of the day. Our leader, Robyn, spoke at the celebration because she has served Tenwek Hospital for 31 years.
Today we drove to Massai Mara for our safari adventure. We were literally within 10 ft of 5 or 6 lions. They were surprising calm, so that was exciting. Our trusty driver, Wilson, kept us safe and taught us all about the animals we saw.
Tomorrow is our last full day of Safari, and we are hoping to see elephants and maybe cheetas if we're lucky. We will return to Nairobi Monday morning, and embark on a week full of jam packed activities. Stay tuned!
Lauren and Emily
P.S. Along with previous prayers mentioned, please pray for the health of some of our team members who are not feeling their best.
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