Day 5
Completed orientation and am getting settled with my host family. Their home is very nice and comfortable. We have a lot of modern conveniences such as a TV and a refrigerator but most of the cooking is done on a jiko (a wood charcoal stove), I take bucket baths and there is a pit latrine. Also, the chickens like to run into the kitchen whenever the door is left open. They have a daughter who is nine who is assisting me with my Swahili and is very excited to have someone’s hair to braid. They also have live-in house help. She doesn’t speak that much English but we can communicate well enough.
