25th/26th September 2010
It's a beautiful sunshiney Saturday and we are off to Naoribi, some of the volunteers are taking the kids to swimming and the rest of us are heading to the Markets. I look forward to the 2 hr bus rides, it's an opportunity to chill, escape and listen some tunes.
Sunday morning and we are up and getting the children ready, I put on the cleanist clothes I can find, wash my hair and make myself look" African" presentable (still covered in red dirt) and head to church. Church here apparently lasts for at least 6 hrs so Im not sure how long I will last considering it will all be in Swahili. We arrive at the little shed in the middle of an open field and try to go in un-noticed, which is hard since we are the only white people (mazugu's). As per usual with 35 kids to get ready we are late, we stop the church and everyone stares. We are welcomed however, today is a special day, a baby will be christened and a sacrifice is made. A woman stands, takes the microphone and begins to sing, one by one everyone follows. Eventually they bought in the drums and everyone began to dance at the front of the church including myself. We dance for sometime enjoying the sounds that echo the room, the vibration of the drum and the harmony of the vocals. The music came to an end and the woman went into a trance where, she channelled messages from a higher power. After she had finished the baby was brought in and a chicken to sacrifice. After saying our prayers "African style" we snuck out the back door, not before the precher called out, stopped the church and brought us back in. He blessed and thanked us for coming and we headed back to the orphanage for luinch. Beans and Rice :-)
We buy the children some gifts at the local town, help out the children for the rest of the day with their daily chores and plan our final day helping out in the community.
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