lots of sickness

sorry about the delay in writing but things have been a bit crazy here. on friday we went to both juvenile homes. in the morning we had a christmas party. mom and i helped the kids make foam ornaments. this is the first day i didn't have any scissors stolen, i think b/c mom was there. alex taught the lesson and at the end we gave them gifts...paper and pens and candy. the kids were so happy. we had juice and cookies too and some of them told us this was the best christmas they'd ever had. the afternoon kids were also excited to meet mom. some wore their best shoes just for her. friday we went to bolm. they loved the parachute mom brought and painting ornaments/singing songs. mom, catie, and i stayed and ate lunch. they experienced the wonderfully bland ugali. we came back to maria's to change for the volunteer party only to discover i had left the whole bag of our nice clothes at BOLM. so we're scrambling around trying to find something to wear. i had to wear mom's capris, which were pants on me, more like high waters though. and they were falling off my waste. she let me have my christmas present from ashley ( a scarf) early so that i could wear it. we had to go buy mom some shoes to wear b/c all she had was her dirty sneakers. then we waited with everyone else at nakumatt (like walmart) for the rest of the group to pick us up. they were 2 1/2 hours late. so while waiting we were teaching alex, popo, and others the chicken dance, electric slide, etc. and they taught us some african stuff. it was a lot of fun, and it turns out the only fun i would have for the rest of the night. when the bus finally came it took us to the middle of no where for this party. it was 10 by the time we got there and we hadn't eaten since 2. i finally went to bed at 11 b/c i was exhausted. we were spending the night there, and they still hadn't eaten. then i got really sick with the chills and fever. and by the time and few hours passed i was vomiting. lovely. we had to leave early in the morning. we found someone to take us back close to maria's. on the short walk back from where we got dropped off, i kept throwing up by the side of the road. everyone was staring at me, and at one point i told mom i had to sit down on this stump by the side of the road. we laugh about this now. in any case saturday and sunday we just slept to get well. i think i'm finally a bit better today. mom is cracking up about this kenyan dressed like santa at the store b/c he's super skinny and the beard is so thin.