I have exciting news to share—I got accepted to the UW School of Nursing for next fall!! I’m so excited, this allows me to follow my dreams and do the work I’ve been learning so much about during my stay in Kenya. It will allow me the opportunities to return to Africa (and Vietnam!) many times during my life, and I feel so blessed. Now my grades for this semester don’t matter as much, so I’ve obviously had just tons of motivation to finish writing my final 2 research papers… haha oh well, I’m just as happy as can be :-)
I can’t believe I’ve been back in Nairobi for a week already. The first few days were filled with joyous MSID reunions/shenanigans and our final exams for development, country analysis, and public health. Now I’m finishing up the final papers and tomorrow I’ll start working at Jukumu Letu for a week. Jukumu Letu means “our responsibility” in Kiswahili, and one of my infectious disease nurses from my leg saga in Wisconsin has been to Kenya and worked there before so she set me up. It’s a free daycare center for slum children so that their parents can have an opportunity to go earn income, and when I went and visited a couple of months ago it seemed so great; the children are adorable of course! My parents come in just under a week-- after leaving the comfort and love of my Mama and Baba in Msambweni last week I'm definitely ready for my Mom and Dad to be here. I'm so excited to show them the country that has been my home for the past few months.
I can’t believe the rhythm I have in Nairobi. It’s a city that feels so familiar to me, despite only living here for 6 weeks during classes. I have familiar journeys, comfortable places, friends from different walks of life than myself, and adventures on my list.
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