First Day in Kenya-ya!!!!

Alright, so we're now in Kenya!!!! The flight over, although 24 hours of travelling time, seemed to go by fairly quickly. I had a window seat from London to Nairobi and it was sweet. I probably took a million pictures. It was such a clear day so I got pictures of the Alps, British coast line, Lybian desert, etc. Okay, weirdest thing though. In the desert there about 16 large circles. From the plane (38000 ft above) the circles were pretty big, so on th ground they must be huge. They look like crop circles..... does anyone know what they are?
Anyway, enough about the plane. We arrived in Nairobi last night at about 9:30 pm Kenya time (so that's 2:30 pm on Mon Canada time). It was such a rush to see the lights of Nairobi and to feel the instant humidity when we got off the plane. I couldn't help but smile the whole time we were in the airport, getting our visas, picking up luggage..and then meeting the kenyans!!! Everyone greets you with a kiss to either cheek and hug/handshaking combo. They were all so welcoming. We then took a matatu (small minbus) into Nairobi to where we are staying. I think the best part of traveling to another country (or one of the best) is driving through the city at night. Everything is lit up, the music is loud, people are singing (in our case). There are a lot of advertisements for car tires (of all things) also cell phones and banks. The other thing, which I LOVE is all of the flowers: there are the beautiful pink ones we see in Nicaragua (to those who know what I'm talking about,....) also the ones you see in Hawaii, so many different colours! (Clearly not bontanist.... (or a speller apparently).) What else? Oh yes, so last night we had dinner together with the Kenyans. There are about 7 Kenyans from Nairobi U who we are teaching with and 10 or so exec meembers. They are beautiful people. They love dancing and today we learned (or rather, tried to learn) the Kenyan national anthem.
There are so many thoughts going through my head, but I don't know how to express them all. I'm trying to give you a little bit of a taste for what it is like. Once I get some pictures up it will be better.
Today's a holiday in Kenya so the city isn't really crowded, rather everyone is at one of two parks. Everywhere you go there seems to be a lot of hiphop music. It's almost like the unspoken vibe of the city.
As for the rest of the week we will be teaching the Kenyans our kits (each of the lessons). I think we'll be doing some site seeing as well.
Oh, okay here's a good story: there were two little kids outside of where we are staying. At first the little girl was pretty shy to say "Hi, Auntie" (a term of endearment, I suppose) to Nat, Becca and I, despite promptings from her caregiver. So we tried to get her to talk, but eventually went to our room. A second later, she knocked on the door and said: "Hi Auntie" Then her and her friend started this game where they would run down the hall, I would cell their names and then they would come running back giggling to give us a hug. We did this for a while and I think we would still be playing this game now, exceptr for the fact that we had to go to town. Kids are great and are the same no matter where you go.
Okay, that's it. Excpet I strongly urge you to see "The Pursuit of Happyness" I watched it on a the plane and it's my fav movie right now. A beautiful story of joy in situations that humanly speaking should not be joyful. I was left with a better and more complete understanding of what Jesus meant when he said that those "are poor" will inherit His Kingdom. Check it out.