Good Morning, Kenya! You are beautiful!

That was my Facebook status this morning: Good Morning, Kenya!  You are beautiful!

But being in Kenya is not without it's challenges...our sleep schedule is off so we began waking up about 4:15, 5:48 and finally called truce with the time about 6:45 and got up.  Sam, our friend and the caretaker where we slept last night made us the BEST coffee and biscuits.  We greeted Kenya with so much admiration this morning! 

Then, it was time to shower and get ready for the day.  Showering is Kenya is ALWAYS a challenge.  (I know, I know...we don't really have it so rough comparatively and this blog should be more about ministering and changing lives, but I think this is funny and had to share) First of all, you have to turn on the hot water heater at the switch a good 40 minutes before showering.  When it's time to finally give it a go, I cannot find a washcloth anywhere!  I think to myself: I can make it without it today.  After all, I'm roughing it!  So, I go to turn on the hot water knob (the one with the big red label, right...red means hot!)  Well...after standing there and staring at the cold water running down for what seems like 5 minutes, I decide to try the other knob.  Immediately, this nice lukewarm temperature comes pouring out....I get in and realize that the water is filling up in the shower pan and is going to start running out the doors...yikes!  I see the stopper is in the drain, but I can't figure out how to get it out (or why it's even in there)!  Finally I push on it and it moves...but the water doesn't drain immediately.  Ok, ok, finally the water starts draining (the lukewarm water), and I commence showering.  Then I realize there's no place I can move to in the shower where the water isn't on my nose.  I mean it's a REALLY tiny shower.  So I finally tilt my head sideways while shampooing so I don't drown.  I feel like such an idiot "city girl"...I know I can do better at roughing it than that!!  My balance gets off from having my head sideways and my eyes closed and I fall against the shower doors which slide open and out I tumble!  (just glad the shower pan had drained before the doors slid open)

Hey, I'm not complaining!  I got a nice lukewarm shower and I'm clean.  It's just so humorous to me because I forget the challenges in Kenya (vs our ways of doing things) until I get back here.

I promise to keep this blog updated while I'm here and I promise to give you some stories of substance...I just thought this was funny!

#kenyashowerprobs 

Have a Happy 4th of July, America!!