2. Anyone who comes to Africa for mission work or anything else should try to go. It is somewhat expensive for Africa, but fairly priced and a once in a lifetime experience.
3. The Maasi people are very interesting. They are in many ways living traditional lives, but are almost all Christian and some are becoming educated. Our guide was a great example of someone living on the cusp between traditional and modern (see earlier post).
4. Many Maasi know Tenwek and stories of patients being treated there are often shared.
5. At times I worried about how the tourist industry is affecting the bush, but overall, I think the money generated for the people and conservation outweighs any damage. Spaces are really vast and we would go hours without seeing another jeep.
6. The people working at the lodge have "made it" in any ways. They are well fed and relatively well paid. Their life is not easy. Most are away from home, work 4 weeks in a row, then have a week to go home. Our server and the person who cared for our room seemed to work >12 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the busy season, they can choose to stay for even longer. Our guide's family lives back near Tenwek (about 90 min away).
7. Yesterday, we were waiting for our car and they were having a staff meeting at the hotel. It included prayer! Every person there has a great attitude, seems truly thankful for their job, and go out of their way to help you. For example, the chef heard we really liked one of the traditional dishes, so hand wrote the recipe and brought it to our table. She asked that we email her how it turns out!
Back to work this morning!
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