Goodbye Arsim...

Yesterday we ate supper with Amin's family. It was supposed to be lunch but...well, Amin and his wife decided they would slaughter a goat for us because guests are such a blessing. So Amin had a goat tied up, ready to be killed and eaten. Unfortunately one of his dogs was trying to play with the goat, which made the goat so nervous that he chewed through the rope and ran away! Amin spent some time chasing the goat around the bush, and by the time he caught the goat it was too late for lunch. But we enjoyed a lovely supper of goat stew, roasted goat, chapati and tea. It was actually really good! And there were puppies! Two little happy puppies that ate all our leftovers. So we ate food under the stars in the moonlight with friends and puppies in Africa. It was lovely.

On the drive back from a biblestudy yesterday we met a man named Matthew. He was talking to us about camels, and then he told us some Canadian students stayed at his home a few years ago: Alex, Joel, Marianne, and Kirstie. HEY! We know them! How exciting.

And that brings us to today...our last day in Arsim. We wanted to make the most of it. So we woke up at 6am, and headed off to Matthew's house at 6:30. He wanted to show us his camels and let us taste camel milk. Camels are very very strange animals. And the noises they make! Hahahah. And when they run....especially when the baby camels run. It's hilarious. They were all afraid of us...he said its because we're white. We all got to try milking a camel, and Matthew told us all sorts of interesting facts about how amazing God made camels. After he milked them all, it was time for us to "taste" the milk. He poured us each a full glass. Oh boy. And we had to finish it before we were allowed to drink tea! Turns out camel milk isn't that bad, although it was warm and frothy, fresh from the camel. Interesting. But we all got it down, and so far its staying down.

We have so much crammed into today. We already taught some bible lessons at the primary school, and we will have to do laundry and get packed for tomorrow and eat lunch with a family and teach piano lessons and go to a youth meeting and say goodbye and feel very sad.
I knew this would happen...as soon as we're about to leave we finally feel comfortable and want to stay. Ah well. We still have today! And it will be a very very good day.

Please pray for safety and sanity on our trip back. The road can be pretty sketchy and its easy to get stuck. And the truck is going to be packed with people. And we get pretty motion sick, and sore. But we get to stop at a game park and hopefully see lots of animals!

Okedokey. We'll talk to you again in a few days when we arrive in Nairobi.

Bye!