Zebras!

Okay, well i have been here at Ebenezer Academy for 5 days, and the internet is extremely slow and not always available. So i will do what i can to update...
THe six hours drive here was something else. Pretty much every stereotype you have of Africa came true during those six hours. We drove over the equator, and up up up the mountains overlooking the great rift valley. i did not know what to expect! The first part of the drive was in a hotter region, as we neared the equator. as i looked out there was endless plains with those trees that have an S shaped trunk and a flat top. As we kept along the one road to Kabarnet, it began to get bumpy. I am not talking like a little jolt, this was like nothing you can imagine. for those of you cpbc-ers, it is like the drive to the sweat cabin for an hour. however, on this up and down ride (don't worry, i took motion sickness pills before we left. i was warned.) suddenly something caught my eye...zebras! yes, right there on the side of the road were zebras. it was crazy. then a little further and baboons! just walking along the sid eof the road with those red butts up in the air, some stopping to watch the cars go by. i tried to take a picture, but it was so bumpy you see... i wish i could accurately describe the drive. we cruised at about 90 miles an hour, no joke, on a dusty road dodging people and cattle, goats and sheeps, and the occasional matatu. As i looked out i could see a great golden valley, spotted with greens from the vegitation and reds from the dirt, and big plots of farm land in distinct sqaures, all stretching far up to the other side of the valley, which is rolling hills that looks shadowed from the bright beaming sun. all over the road are cattle chomping on the grass, their herder leisurly lying in the grass nearby. i spotted little naked children playing in a stream that nearly matched their skin color. skillful bike riders manuevered their way down the raod with sack of coal piled 5 feet high behind them and at least two feet out on each side of the bike. i don't know how they did that. women in long skirts carried sacks on their head, passing by shabby wood and aluminum venders. as we climbing higher, the view only got better. it was so beautiful and so full of life. i did not expect it!
when i arrived at ebenezer academy, it was nothing that i expected either. i cannot wait to tell you about it, but i will have to wait because someone is waiting for the internet! just know this: however you are picturing me, you are probably wrong.
if i could ask for a prayer request, i am experiencing a lot of homesickness and having a hard time adjusting. i am the only american english speaker, all the children at the special school speak only swahili, and then women i live with are all korean and only speak very little engish and swahili. (they all speak korean to eachother all day long) it is difficult, and i can't help but feel lonely. but i know God has been so faithful to me, and he is guiding me here for a reason. i am trying to trust that and find hope in Him each day. I know he is sooo good. Thanks for thinking of me! i miss you!