Saturday, January 30, 2010

How can someone talk that much!?



Saturday 1/30/2010

Day one….I’m sooo excited! Linds gave me a great send off and we had a
ton of bonding time this last week! And somehow, I did the impossible. I parted
with my phone. Yes friends, I left it back in Phoenix. It’s been three hours
without it, and so far so good! Luckily I did not have to part with my ipod or
laptop. On this first flight to Philadelphia I am cursed to sit with two very
sheltered girls who have never left the country and are on their way to Paris.
As excited as I’d like to be for them, one major thing prevents this. They are
very loud and we sat on the tarmac for 30 agonizing additional minutes. For
those of you who have not heard my philosophy on air travel, the only
conversations I should be able to hear on planes are between people and their books….for
as much ambient noise exists due to the airplane, any talking level above that
is much much too loud! I am not trying to complain, and I am happy for them,
but I nearly feel obligated to ask them to use their ‘inside’ voice, but then I
would probably be breaking my own rule. My Aunt Coreen is credited (by my mom)
with a useful tip for this time I should remember, the best trips have the
rockiest starts. Maybe my next flight will be totally silent! Okay, onto
learning Swahili! (No I did not procrastinate….learning on the van would be
procrastinating).



Peace! And I’m out.



Time on a plane: 5 hours


Books read: 0


Summary: (As every good story
needs to be able to be summed in a few sentence) – Cliched travel begins with
very loud girls (yes more than 1) sitting next to me who quite impossibly did not stop to breathe at any point during the flight.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Site converted

Hey guys, I am going to Africa for a month in February and am the appointed recorder. Rather than email you with the updates, I will keep this blog updated as often as we have internet access.  We're going to three sites in Africa for a Medical mission, which will also include Dental, and Vision. I'm on the vision team! See more info at: mikinduri.com.  Also my mom is going. She's a nurse so she will actually be useful (as opposed to me with my extensive knowledge of the vision field...I wear glasses....occasionally). Also, my Uncle Ted is organizing the trip and I'm really looking forward to spending an extended amount of time with him and mom. Here's the plan:

Jan 30 - Go to England to visit friends: Lisa, Kirstie, Claire, and Linnea (all over England)

Feb 4 - Fly to Nairobi, Kenya

Week of Feb 7 - Work in Mikinduri

Week of Feb 14 - Work in Mwengi

Feb 19 - Go on Safari!

Week of Feb 21 - Work in Mombasa

Feb 28 - Head to Phoenix

If you're curious or want to see pics from past years, go to: www.mikinduri.com. FYI all donations received are used on the mission, not sending people there. We have to cover all of our own travel and hotel costs, so all money donated goes into the communities. Cool, huh?