I've been chastised in more than a few emails for not having posted a blog yet, so I'll try to sum up my impressions in a few minutes since it looks like the JUMP Kauai time is ready to go find some chapatis to fill their stomach. They think about food a lot, especially Indian bread. for example, last night at our farewell dinner with our JUMP Nakuru team, notes were being passed all over the table, carefully written on napkins and scraps of paper. the ones that came my way from the Nakuru JUMPers were truly heartwarming: "Robin, I will miss you. You are my role model. Let's keep jumping to change the world!" seriously, I had to use some of those napkin notes to wipe my eyes. Then came the notes from my Kauai jumpers: "robin, where's my nan?" "Robin, I've asked for tea 2 times already!" They didn't cause the same reaction.

Ok, my JUMPers are almost out the door...but a couple quick things. This is the most important: have faith. The Nakuru JUMPers know this, they live it. But throughout this past year of preparing for this trip we've all wondered if we would ever actually make enough money to make this trip a reality, if we'd find a way to procure the necessary equipment to leave with our Kenyan JUMP teams. But we had faith, and the reality of what we have experienced here has surpassed anything I could have imagined during the countless hours I spent planning this trip. Second impression: dream big and those dreams will grow. The Nakuru JUMP team has taken this idea and run with it. We've been chatting with a manager at Barclay's bank about receiving support for a JUMP Nakuru radio station. A newspaper is coming next. Our podcast team has already put up 3 podcasts. We have a photography book in the works, digital stories to come, a music video about AIDS written and produced by AnnLinda, one of the most talented young people I've ever met.

Ok, they're getting ready to pull me out the door so I better wrap it up. After lunch we're off to the Nakuru game park to see some lions. We already had the monkeys eating out of our hands, literally. They like Skittles. Then we'll pile ourselves and our mountain of bags onto the 2 matatus and head to Lake Naivasha. It's Aria's birthday, I'm going to try to find some Betty Crocker mix. i'm trying to persuade people to rent bikes with me to go in search of the hippos. Ernie's concerned, he saw hippos attacking a kayak on the national geographic channel. But i promised him we're safe if they're in the water and we're on land, especially if we can peddle quickly!

Ok, chapatis are calling. more to come.
Kwaheri for now,
Robin