Day 13- January 8th, 2011

Well, Goodbye Turkana… We are officially gone from The Bush. Saying goodbye to everyone was… emotional. I mean, I even got kinda teary eyed, but having to get on the lorrie helped ease the transition considering we had probably 75 people on there. No, you don’t understand! I had literally ten different people directly leaning on me. There was even someone sitting in between my legs while I was standing up. So yes, I was straddling some rando Turkanan. The lorrie stopped in Kapua where we let many of the kids off for school. They skipped school to see the mzungus (white people), and they did get in trouble for it. 3 days ago we gave the Kapua school kids their shoes because they had to go to school the very next day. Well, Samway got his awesome camo shoes, but unfortunately for me, he stayed in Kapua for school like he was supposed to unlike some of the other kids. I was real upset about this at first. I was positive I wouldn’t get to see him ever again. Well… he was there in Kapua to greet us as we passed through and dropped some people off! He kept searching the lorrie for someone. I was SO awesome that he smiled ear to ear when I climbed up the side and he saw me. (Speaking of grinning ear to ear… just remembering this now is doing it to me.) Well after a while, some of the guys started throwing their hats off for the people to keep. Man, I had on my favorite hat! Throw or no throw… That’s when I spotted Samway again! I gave it to him, and boy, that may have been the cutest thing ever. This kid smiling, showing every tooth he had while wearing a hat that is so big on him that it is just about covering his eyes… Man, I’m going to miss him so much, but I know that God is so in control of his life. He can bless Samway immensely more than I ever could. Well, we arrived in Lodwar (we were almost arrested apparently) for a small plane ride back to Nairobi and… what’s up, we got to drink Sprite and Coca-Cola with our lunch! Eating too much and drinking too much carbonation… I’m kinda full now on this bumpy plane ride.

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