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I have been living in Kenya for two weeks now and I couldn't be loving it more. I had so many troubles coming over here, but I am so glad I stuck with it and finally made it. At the begining of my trip I started out working with the Savage Wilderness Safaris at their office base in Nairobi with another kid my age, Shaun, who is related to the Savages. I later began doing a lot of rafting and staying in Sagana for a couple days. Being in Sagana again was great, I loved seeing everyone from before and watching them paddle. The Kenya Club has improved by tons sense we were last here. I have gone paddling with them a lot and we now attain all the way up the river to the course which is much nicer than the walk that I remember. Unfortunately many of the gates had to be taken down because of water levels, but I have been speaking with Titus and we are working on getting a couple more gates put back up so that we can have a more diverse area to train in. The lanuage barrier between the Kenyans and I has been a large issue, but I have been learning some Swahili and Liz, who is a Kenyan athlete and mostly fluent in English, has been helping me. We are working on having a training schedule for the team because there is an opportunity for them to travel to France for a race and we want to make sure that they are well prepared. To get to France there is also a money issue they have to over come so to help raise money I helped coach some day visiters that we interested in kayaking at the camp. Working with the team has been great. I also have been doing a lot of work with the Savages in their buisness and have done quite a few raft trips now...I only guide the Calm sections though. Today I went out with Marcus and Shaun and did some weeding which was fun because it was serious jungle weeding, with snakes and wading in the river. The trip has been amazing and I am really enjoying every aspect of it, I can't believe I am already half way through it.
Sarah
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| Christina |
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Hi Sarah. It sounds like you are having an amazing summer and doing so many wonderful things in helping others. Keep up the good work and enjoy it all. When you come home, I know who to call to get rid of my snakes!!! We all miss you, especially Lizzy!!!
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| Nate Lord |
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Sarah, I am very proud of you! You are making a big difference to many people on many levels! Well done!
I look forward to catching up with you back at school.
It is really cool that you are able to follow up on the trip you took in January! Best wishes! |
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