Braided Hair!!!

so I'm starting to truly look African...today I got my hair plaited and braided, complete with extensions! My hair is so long now, about half-way down my back. Amie had a girl come to the house and do it for Liz and I. We wanted it done before camp b/c I won't be able to shower all week. It took almost 5 hours to do it but only cost about $7! so cheap. My scalp is super white and probably going to burn; maybe sunscreen will help? All the Kenyans keep staring at me as I walk by. It's very uncommon to see any muzungu with braided hair. It's the first time since I got here that I haven't left the house except to come here. i practiced the tie dying we'll be doing at camp. i'm so happy that i got it to work. i'm really excited for everyone to try it at camp; i think it will be a success. It was wonderful not going to town today. i still got a lot accomplished at home, and got to relax a little. All the travel can become quite exhausting.

Yesterday was like that. It took forever to get home b/c we left during rush hour. And then Liz found out my converter that was in her bag got stolen yesterday, which no biggie, I don't use it much. It's just the idea of it. Ricky had his wallet stolen today too and Patrick thinks his sunglasses may have been taken as well. So last night we got home really late and found out there still wasn't water. We had no water left at all. All of our reserve tanks behind the house were empty. Liz and I wanted to wash our hair before we got it braided so we had about 5 minutes to get to the store before it closed to buy bottled water. I took a shower with 2 liters of water...that's a record for me I think. Then we found out last night that Eunice, our house girl, left. She's the one that cooks, cleans, and takes care of Baraka. The whole situation is wierd, and I'm not sure what to think. I really liked Eunice a lot and felt sorry for her too. She's only 17 and had so much responsibility. But Peter said that they had problems with her not telling the truth, and something happened with this yesterday when she went to buy water. Apparently her and Amie then got into a fight and then Eunice decided she was leaving. She lives about 8 hours away, so it was a big deal just to help her get home. so now we all have to pitch in with cleaning and cooking. This is fine, it's just difficult b/c we're never home, and when you do get home you're exhausted.

Today is the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy bombings in Nairobi. There was a special memorial service, and it's all over the news. The locals are still seeking reimbursement for medical expenses concurred from this catastrophe, and are basically saying it's the U.S. congress that needs to pay for this...yeah, like that's going to happen. What's wierd is that, the man who committed this crime hasn't been caught, but about 4 days ago he was found somewhere coming into the country or something. But somehow they weren't able to detain him. What in the world? Look this story up online and let me know what happened with this.

Anyway, some prayer requests:
Continue to pray for my grandma
Pray for Alex, the Kenyan who was shot during the violence this winter...his bullet wounds are bleeding; he went to the hospital for tests today
Water...yeah, we still don't have any

I love you all, and hope some of you are living up that last week before school starts!!