Hello from Nakuru

We have just arrived in Nakuru today, after travelling from Nairobi yesterday. Travel was via matatu's. For those of you who don't know what a matatu is it is a minivan-like bus that carries 15 passengers. Each matatu is themed and so far the best themes have been the 'Ghetto Army' matatu and the 'spymaster' matatu. To go along with these themes the matatus are painted in all sorts of colors and often depict pictures of people (such as Mr. T or Shakira). The weather is hot and the scenery is gorgeous. The drive from Nairobi was incredibly beautiful as we were bordering the Great Rift Valley, which contains large volcanic mountains as well as scenic lakes. We moved into our house in Nakuru yesterday and met YESS. I'm happy to say that YESS is one of the nicest groups of people I have encountered in my life, they are very welcoming and very friendly. I really look forward to getting to know each of them better over the coming 2 months. As of yet we have not done a lot of project related activities, but these will begin as soon as we finish settling in to Nakuru. I'm looking forward to practice teaching with YESS and then on Monday teaching in our first classroom. So far my experience has exceeded my expectations in every way. I greatly look forward to our first day of teaching, as this is why we came. Thats all for now, I hope everyone is well and I will write again soon.