And...the Newbies are Here

And, they have officially survived their first week here.

We took them on an Amazing Race their first full day here, to get them familiar with town and more comfortable interacting with people outside of our teams. Laura, Warren and I each led a team through town - "led" being a relative term, as our main job was to follow, unless they were getting themselves completely lost.

Within a few minutes of starting the race, my team had met a Somali businessman who took them back to meet his father, then bought them pops and sat and visited with them behind the counter in his shop. Cool cultural experience, not so conducive to racing.

Somehow, though, they still managed to come in second, so they got the best of both worlds.

We put about half of them to work this Saturday, chopping up meat and vegetables for a staff lunch out at one of the schools, and all of them got to experience the challenge of plowing through a mountainous plate of pilau at a school function. : )


So far, they are eager and excited to do anything, even chop vegetables while sitting on the ground or slaughter chickens, and it will be interesting to see how they grow and change over their internship as the initial uncertainty wears off.


And, since we haven't left yet, some pictures of the wazee (old folks) chopping vegetables as well.