December 31, 2010

New Years Eve & our last day at the project!  I started to teach Alice & some of the girls how to use the sewing machine.  Until it stopped working!  Couldn't figure out what the issue was, so Violet is going to have the tailor look at it on Monday.

After lunch the pizza's arrived & Violet took some of the kids into the other room for a few minutes.  We weren't sure what they were doing.  Then we all gathered in the computer room and the children took turns dancing and singing for us.  It was so amazing & very sweet.  A few of the boys got up and said a few words about our time here & it was very touching.  They made posters for each of us with messages & beaded bracelets they made.  We each said a few words & then it was time to head home.  It was a pretty sad goodbye, even though we'd only spent two weeks with them.  They kept asking when we were coming back to visit.  I'd love to go back & see them again one day....

I got back to the house, packed up the rest of my things & grabbed a taxi to the resort.  I had booked 2 nights at a resort right on the Indian Ocean for my final 2 nights in Kenya.  And it is AMAZING! Like nothing I've ever seen before.  Beautiful gardens & palm trees with monkeys running around, pools overlooking the ocean and adorable bungalows.  NYE dinner was a HUGE feast, literally 3 huge rooms filled with different foods and desserts.

I headed south to Mombasa beach to meet the rest of the volunteers for our NYE celebration.  It was PACKED!! the NYE tradition in Mombasa is to attend beach parties & stay until morning.  They set up stages for music and bars all along the beach.  I got back to the hotel around 3:30am.