Mabatini

Today I went to the Mabatini school.  This school is without a doubt the best dancers and singers of the schools I have visited.  The teachers and students wanted to perfect every word and movement before moving on to another song.  They wanted me to stay all day and were so eager to learn as many dances as they could.  Even the teachers got up and did all the dances with us.  It was a blast to dance and worship all morning…I was sad to leave them.

This evening I checked out of the hotel and went to stay with Pastor Stanlas and his family.  He lives a little outside Nairobi with his wife and 6 girls.  He dropped me off at the house then had to run to the church so I had some time to get to know the girls.  They were all so sweet and the little ones were so curious about my hair and my skin.  I painted all the girls nails which they really enjoyed (though they are more well off than most in Nairobi, things like nail polish are luxuries they don’t usually enjoy).  We spent the evening talking and once their mother came home, the girls made dinner.  They had to make everything for dinner (no frozen meals here) so we didn’t eat until 11pm.  Even the 3-yr old stayed up that late for dinner.  It was interesting to see how a Kenyan family operates.  The father was completely served and didn’t so much as lift a finger to get the tv remote and the late dinner seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary to them…so different than the way I was raised.