Kenya

Our 10th Skype of the night is Kenya. In 1966 a man moved him family of 7 to Kenya then the family ended up staying there spreading religion. The weather us basically "perfect" all year long. Since the town they are in is right on the equator the weather is not to hot for an a/c but not to cold for a heater. We asked if he were to only be able to live in Kenya or the united states for the rest of his life what would he choose? He decided that America was the best fit because he misses out on his grand kids lives. His one of his grand kids attends Keller Central Middle School and he said that he is familiar with Lamar Middle School because we beat them in band every year. He lives in an apartment or compound in Kenya. They hold a pastor's meeting every year. They hold hundreds or pastors at this meeting for 5 days and 4 nights. They send 4-6 thousand bibles along with guitars, bug spray, and other things to give to the multiple different leaders. This container of goodies gets shipped out of North Richland Hills. They are holding another conference in a month they will hold 500-700 leaders. When the leaders come they give them multiple resources and counselors. They also communicate and work with a boys orphanage in east Kenya. It is 11:18 am in Kenya currently. There are these buses or vans that run through out the country called  a matatoo . Most public transportation is buses or cars. The national language is English(that's what they learn in school), there primary or "mother tongue" is Swahili. Most young people can speak 3 languages. Since your in the southern hemisphere, people drive on the left hand side of the road, sinks and toilets flush to the left, the handle for the toilet is on the wrong side, Kenya was colonized by British so everything is done on the left side. Ugali is a traditional Kenya food that is consumed everyday. It is very similar to grits or polenta . Ugali is made of corn and salt. Kenyans eat Ugali everyday they feel like if it is not consumed that they have not eaten. People pile there plates high with Ugali then top with beans, greens(spinach), goat, and chicken(rarely very expensive). People have feasts with goats since it is a very common protein. They celebrate the day they gained freedom from Britain, the ending of Ramadan is a holiday,  Christmas ,they also have a few holidays based around special people. The government can randomly make up holidays a week before it happens. The shilling is the Kenya currency 1 U.S. dollar = 100 shillings. Even though we have major differences from the way our life is we still have many similarities and similar motto's in life.