Rugby Anyone?

Today, I again woke up and was like am I really in Kenya? Woke up to my ipod, my bed is comfortable. I fall asleep like a baby then around 3am I wake up til about 5:30am. Breakfast is 7-8:30am. So around 8:25 I drug myself downstairs to Baraza Café. Walking in I soon realized that the place was hopping more than normal.

Right now there are around 26 rugby players from Mombassa staying at Shalom. I very nice gentlemen named Oliver saw me sitting alone asked me if he could join me. So there we sat enjoying our eggs and toast. He told me of how Kenya brings two clubs to Nairobi. Has them play with and against each other and at the end of it they select 26 players out of the 52 from both teams to form the national team. Eventually the Kenya will host Rugby world cup from what I got of the conversation.

Oliver, who is the team manager, also tried to explain the scoring system of rugby. I then compared the game to American football and explained my great love for Da Bears. I said that I had never watched a rugby game and wasn’t even sure if we had a team. He then informed me that we do have team and they will actually be coming to Kenya in April to play against Kenya. He called it the match between the two Obama teams.

After, my breakfast I headed back up to my room to take a quick shower. When I came back down to the café and to enjoy the lovely weather, I bumped into George the man who runs White Gazelle. He coordinated the past two ministry and service trips. I was sitting with Francis downstairs, George joined us. Eventually, it ended up me and him talking of course you guessed it Obama. It is amazing at the interest and curiosity people have about America now because of Obama. He asked many questions about the election. He was also very update about the economic situation we are in. It is very interesting to talk with a person who has a completely different perspective that you. It was quite an enjoyable conversation.

We also talked about his daughter who is at bordering school not to far from their home at Kivuli Center. George and his wife are also expecting child #2 and 3 in July. Twins how exciting. He gave me his phone number and told me that I better call him when I plan to visit Kivuli next week.

At the moment, I’m waiting for Joseph, the man who runs Kiscodep (community development organization) in Kibera. So I will enjoy this beautiful, beautiful day outside while reading and organizing my thoughts in my journal.