It gives me great joy to say that four weeks from today Cameron will be back!! It's been a long five months with one more to go. He's having an amazing time and has learned so much. He's learned to live without so many of things we take for granted--running water, hot showers (for him, it's a bucket over the head), meat (they eat potatoes, beans, and cooked bananas), and so on. He's really looking forward to throwing his clothes in the washer!!
After five weeks in the bush of Kenya he is back in Rwanda's northern province, not far from Uganda in the area known for Gorillas in the Mist.
Here are a couple of the photos he's sent us. The first is a gorgeous picture of a sunrise in Kenya.
This next one is of Cam with some children at a school they visited. Everywhere he goes, the kids are drawn to the Mzungu, the white guy.
He's seen giraffes and zebras in the wild. Seeing the giraffes was the hardest, and finally on his last morning in Kenya, several of them got up early and went out to be rewarded with a sighting. Cam was thrilled.
He's seen giraffes and zebras in the wild. Seeing the giraffes was the hardest, and finally on his last morning in Kenya, several of them got up early and went out to be rewarded with a sighting. Cam was thrilled.
For this Grammy, the next four weeks can't go fast enough!! ♥
Wonderful photos! This has been a great experience for a young man. Perhaps it's as meaningful as formal education. It's at least an enhancement.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kath. We're all looking forward to hugging the stuffing out of him when he returns and then hearing all the stories. I believe you are correct in thinking it's been as meaningful as a formal education. Perhaps more so.
DeleteOne thing, though. I believe we can improve on his nutrition.
ReplyDeleteLOL for sure!! I know he's looking forward to eating some MEAT!! And his mama's cookies. They don't have sweets over there (well, except for those bananas . . .).
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