Yes we made it here. Many long hours on the plane. We slept at the mission home last night with the BroadBents. They are so very kind. We are a little shell-shocked today between the driving and the smells, we don't know which is worse. We had an orientation at the Mission Office and were overwhelmed with information only to be driven (crazy scary) to a store and told to buy some needs? We don't know our needs yet, but we spent $50.00 on some basics and pray they taste ok. Everything is very different but I'm sure in three months we will be use to all this. . Dad just told me the peanut butter we bought was $9 and the small yogurts were 82 cents the bread was 88 cents butter $2.38 we couldn't tell what the prices were because it is in Shillings. We will have to learn to convert it into dollars so we'll know how expensive things are. Cheese they say is really expensive but the milk was cheap. President Broadbent said he paid $25 for 3 lb of choc chips and said he would do it again if he every found some. Choc chips are hardly ever seen.
Along the roads and even in the parking lots people hold up goods to sell. Oranges, levis, childrens toys, jackets, to name a few. Most walk and it's a good thing because I don't know how they could fit anymore cars on these tiny tiny streets. Everyone just busts in front of you and Elder Nevins said you have to be very assertive because they are so rude. He said he had to quit getting angry and pretend it was a competition game. Everyone honks. I don't know when we will be ready to drive around in Nairobi but I'm hoping it will be easier when we head for Kylunga Hills each day for 2 1/2 hours each way.
As we traveled around, I remarked how nice everyone was dressed. Most all the women were in skirts totally modest. The men wear shirts and most ties even if they are worn out. Of course there are very poor people but in the area the majority looked quite nice. We were told that there is a lot of money in Nairobi and many business ventures.
We have been invite to a missionaries home for supper but we are not hungry at all. It smells like curry and garlic and body odor all mixed up and you can't get away from it.
Our apartment is really quite nice we have 2 bedrooms and 2 small baths, a large living room, dining room with table and a cute little kitchen. That was a very positive sentence.
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