Dear Friends;

A lot has happened since I last recorded an entry. First of all, my leg injury healed just fine. My time spent in Mombasa went be quickly as several other PCV's visited me and one day I even journeyed down to what is referred to as south beach. I decided I am way too old to return to the scene there!

I received the shipment of books from Leeann Wood without any trouble! Perhaps some of you reading this donated books that are now sitting on the shelves of the Kadzinuni Community Library. Please except my heartfelt thanks as the library is being used regularly and the project is a big success. My other news, as shown above, is that Carrie & Dan Meyers visited me in early June. It was so great that they could see how great the library looks and how the donated books really filled the shelves. I just can't thank everyone enough for the book donations. And the quality and condition of the books was amazing; many were brand new.

While the Meyers were here, we visited Lamu Island, a small island slightly north of Kadzinuni. It is a very old Muslim town; there are no cars, only donkeys. The "streets" are very narrow which gives the place a bit of old world charm. But all in all, Lamu was not our favorite place; we all agreed we should leave a day earlier than planned and went to an official Kenyan "Important Bird Area" where we stayed in an eco-tourist camp. Carrie was very excited to see her first wild flamingos!! I think Carrie & Dan felt it was worth the effort to come to the coast of Kenya to visit me. Maybe, just maybe, they will convince some more Mammoth friends to come over??? Oh, I just decided to include the photo of Carrie trying on a dress in a shop on Lamu ---shows off the colors that Kenyans dress in!!

Currently, Kenya is experiencing World Cup madness. Last night America lost and so are out of the competition but really they did make a good showing. I have become very fond of football/soccer. You can really see the plays being set up while our football, just men in huge uniforms jumping all over each other!

That is it for now. The rainy season is still here and with it cool temps which suits me just fine!

Come Visit Me!!

Mary