Only in Kenya...

Okay, maybe a few other places too, but we wanted to share some things that are a bit different about our lives here before they become 'normal'!

Our milk is brought to the school fresh six days a week.  The cafeteria pasteurizes it, we drop off our large tin milk pail in the morning and pick it up full of warm milk in the afternoon.  (It's a funny accessory to be carrying around campus... between that and going to pick up eggs from the Kenyan who sells them in the maintenance department every few days, I feel like we're on a farm!)  The milk is not homogenized, so when I pour it in our glass pitcher and we finish it, this is what is left on the sides of the glass.  

Here's our washing machine.  It seems kind of space-age compared to what we were used to seeing in the states.  It doesn't hold quite as much as we are used to washing in a load, but we are so thankful to have it!  The name of it is "Fuzzy Logic."  Also different.

Here are flowers I purchased in Nairobi that lasted us at least two weeks, and guess how much they cost?  $2.50.  Oh... and avocados?  They're twelve cents.  And twice as big.  (Many other things do cost a fortune compared to what we were used to in the states, so we'll enjoy our flowers and avocados!)

This is the tank that our washing machine drains into.  Our yard worker then scoops the water out and waters our plants with it.  (We don't have a faucet or hose or anything like that.)  Something maybe we should catch on to when we go back to the states!

These are two switches, up high, in one of the bedrooms.  One is for a red outside light, the other for an outside alarm.  If we have 'unexpected company', this is how we can alert the guards and those around us.  Just so you know, these are rarely used.  Mostly we test them to see if they are still working!

You can see the light and bell outside the upstairs window here.

This is our cell phone.  It has provided quite a bit of amusement.  From the spelling of 'dialing' (see below), to the instructions as to unlocking the keypad 'long press the * key' to the explanation in the users manual for making the phone ring as if you are receiving a call so that you can get out of a meeting or unwanted conversation.  Yep, that's really in there.

So there's a little peek into some of the changes in our lives.  Some make us smile, and some make us cringe, but I imagine they'll all be 'normal' here pretty soon!