Orientation.... Kenya Part 4

Hey everyone!

Thank you for being so patient in waiting for the next part of the series!  With the holidays blogging definitely took a back burner, but I am back now and hopefully You will all be able to be caught up really fast!  Monday morning I wok up really early and made my way downstairs to do some reading and journaling.  It wasn't to long before I was joined by some more of our team members. After a wonderful breakfast we all made our way out to the van for our ride to Pangani (not sure about the spelling) where we would have orientation.

Once we arrived at Pangani we were taught how to act in the Kenyan culture and given a run-down on how our week would probably look, knowing all the while that being flexible was key.  It was during orientation that I discovered that come Friday I would have the opportunity to get to teach one of the classes!!! 

Our team during orientation.

Two of our team members, Steve and Jim, were able to meet their sponsor children while we were there!  It was so neat to watch!!!

Below are some views of the valley from the classroom windows.

As part of orientation we were given a tour and were able to visit one of the classrooms.  In the classroom we visited there was a little girl named Michelle whose favorite color was also purple!

The pharmacy at Pangani.

They also had a new dental clinic for when dental teams cone over!

We didn't get a picture of it that I can find, but they also have a hair stylist school, sewing school and jewelry school that the moms can go to so they can assist in providing for their families.  While teaching the women how to provide, they are also teaching them about God, so they are meeting both their physical and spiritual needs!!!

After the tour we were taken out into the slums.  Everywhere you go little children follow you and call out in this adorable sing-song, "How are you?  How are you?"

Everywhere we went the children would follow us and hold our hands. 

Above I am showing some children the picture I had just taken of them,  they all come running to see their pictures.

As you can see from the above picture, we always collected a large crowd of children.  :-)

I hope you enjoyed this peak into our first full day in the valley.  This was my only full day at Pangani as our team spent most of our time in Mabatini, but that is for the next few posts.

Blessings,
Michelle