oh sweet Mombasa!

So I am back from my workshop in Mombasa. I am had a great time. The 1st couple of days we did language where I learned a little of the tribal language Kitaita. I want to practice to get a little better at it since I have mainly just been learning Swahili. It was fun learning something outside of Swahili. Another day at the workshop we met with some HIV/AIDS groups and wow they really had some inspiring stories. One women told us how he husband had committed suicide a few weeks later she found out she was HIV positive(and maybe the reason her husband had committed suicide.) She today was able to bounce back and get remarried and her daughter is now pregnant. You could tell she was really happy. It is about 8 percent of all Kenyans are HIV positive. I brought a lady from my village to the workshop that works with the support group here and I am really glad I brought her. She was very vocal and so many people told me they were as glad that she came too. Outside of the workshop was a goodtime all around too. Each meal was buffet with really good food. A mama in my village told me she thought I gained weight the second she saw me! We were also right on the ocean so I was able to go in a couple of times. Just a little ways down the beach as well there was a group giving massages for about $7 an hour. I got 2 they were so relaxing.
Coming back the review team from Washington DC came to my site. It went really well other than the fact they would have wished I would have warned them about the bumpy road up to my site! We met with the basket group, saw a fish pond and some bee hives. One of the men coming up thought I should do a 3rd year in Uganda with fish but I really want to get back to the US and stay there for awhile! The trip was pretty short but sweet. Some of the people that came from Washington were heads of World programs for Peace Corps.
As I got back there was a church rally pretty much right in front of my house. That had like 4 huge speakers and loved yelling on the mike. I missed the first day of a 4 day rally. I think people down here really like it but I was not that much of a fan after a great relaxing week!
My eco tourism project is going pretty well. A few of us went to clear some of the trail as well as a look out point that only dead trees were covering. We plan to have a fundraiser where people from the community will come and see the trail. The first thing I think we want to do with the money is try to make it safer with ropes blocking off spots and other one to help go to some harder spots.
Well thanks for reading guys!