Our First Animal Sighting and Athi River Campus

Hi Everyone!
This is Lauren.

Karibu Sana to this blog (this means you are very welcome to this blog.) It’s funny because in Minnesota we have a chain called Caribou Coffee. And, it’s one of the word you hear a lot here. Maybe Caribou Coffee is meant to mean “you are welcome to this coffee shop”. Maybe??

It is 6:29 pm Minneapolis time and 3:29 am here. Reason I am up so late is that I took a nap because I had a sore throat and was exhausted. I think all of these new things, time zone change, running around and experiences has really tired me out. But, I should be up and ready to go like new for the things we have planned today.

We woke up early this morning , loaded onto a bus and went to the Athi River Daystar campus which is about and hour from where we are staying. We are sleeping out here the night. On our way in, I noticed more grasslands and greenery. We spotted some gazelle running through the grass near our bus and also about 15 Zebras! I think the bus driver noticed me oohing and aahing so he stopped the bus for me to take a better look. I wish I could have gotten some better pictures, but I think I’ll be able to get more when we go to the Masai Mara next week!!!

Someone told me before I left for Athi River that I would hear hyena’s laughing at night. But, I haven’t heard any, it has been raining.

The Athi River campus is unlike any other college campus I have seen before. It is right in the middle of beautiful grasslands and amazing scenery. When we got to campus we went to chapel with the students from Daystar. I felt like I was in an outdoor sanctuary, birds were flying everywhere and chirping loudly. The sounds they made were so peaceful.

Royce and Pat got to see more of the campus while I took a nap. But, today I will walk around some more and hopefully get a better look.

Love,

Lauren
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