Kenya Sweet Kenya

Jambo to All Our Kenya Travel Friends!
Hopefully, everyone has found being settled in with their comforts of home a little sweeter and appreciated after our Kenyan journey. Amazing what we just take for granted!
We had some good friends staying with us all last week, so of course we shared some photos and stories of our travels with them. Somehow, it feels like the experience was too rich to ever be able to accurately relay. I find myself unable to talk fast enough.;-)
I hope to spend some significant time over the coming weeks to sort through our photos, movies, and all of the CD's Justin and Lucas created for me to take home of their photos. It will be a fun task, as it will allow me to relive again, our time in beautiful Kenya. Many of my photos didn't turn out as I had hoped, so thankfully I can pull from Justin and Lucas's, too. I would appreciate it if I could get a copy of good photos any of you might have from the schools and orphanage and close-ups of Kenyan people. I would be happy to pay you to have a cd/dvd made or if I can retrieve from a site online, that would be great too.
Jim and I rented the movie "Out of Africa" as soon as we got home, just to see if we recognized things...anyone know if the crater they flew over was the one we saw? It sure looked like it!!
I went to a birthday lunch yesterday with some of my former co-workers at DeLaSalle H.S. and they were asking if there will be another trip next year....Br. Chuck? I was so happy to be able to give the birthday girl a beaded bracelet and earrings from Kenya. I marveled at the photo on the blog of Br. Chuck's store (WOW-you really did get LOTS the last day!!)Can I come shopping there, as I am now finding I wish I had purchased more for gift giving. That probably shocks some of you, but its true!
For me, one of the most memorable parts of the trip are the visions of the Kenyan faces, young and old, that continue to pop into my head. Their smiles told one story...their eyes another. I guess that holds true everywhere, but there it seemed to make such an impression.
I continue to be ever SO grateful, Br. Chuck, for the opportunity you and the other Brother's made possible for me and my family. The memories will forever be a treasured gift...and no shopping required!!;-)
Joellen