I know this may be shocking, but it's gray and rainy here. I made it to Haniya's mom's house and was greeted with a lovely cup of tea and a delicious plate of rice and meat with all kinds of interesting spices.
So tomorrow morning i'm off to Kenya. We're going to be working in an area called Garissa, both in a refugee camp and in a hospital, and primarily with Somalis who are now living in Kenya. I have to admit i'm a little nervous, having heard that the Somalis there aren't all that fond of "westerners..." so i'm sure it'll be a fascinating experience!
As a side note, I kind of realized that 2010 is the year of reunions for me...
- I haven't seen my Kenyan friends in almost 3 years
- I got to stay with my friend Svjetlana when I was interviewing in Brooklyn (she's an OB-Gyn intern there), I hadn't seen her in about 8 years, since we last volunteered together at the Global Children's Organization summer camp in Croatia (globalchild.org)
- I got to have dinner with half of my UC Davis postbac crew when I was in Brooklyn as well
- in Lebanon, i'll get to see another old Bosnian buddy, Vladan, whom I'm also haven't seen in about 8 years
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