So ya the great circumcision ceremony is alot more weird than i thought. But ya i did get a video of a big group of people chanting. Esh kenyans love cameras, this once guy saw i was filming him and he started to dance like crazy. So they do the ceremony out in front of there house. And before they do that they sacrifice a cow and he takes it home to his family, then waits outside till they come. And its not just the guy with the knife, its a whole bunch of people. Boys and girls, of all ages come to see. Its all some weird stuff, im really glad i didnt have to do it the way they do it around here.
And the Elections were okay. the people voted yes for the new constitution. Out of the 40 million people in the country 12 million were registered to vote. And out of the 12 i think 7 or 8 million voted. but there was no violence, the streets were empty though. No one was out. We were in Kitale that day and it was pretty much empty. We didnt go out and work that day cause we were not suppose to. But ya everything went well, and the people are excited for the new constitution. And they voted yes to the new constitution. It was like 5 million yes, and 2 million no.
Im scared to come home. Im to used to Kenya. Im so used to poverty its just sad. Whenever i see something nice, like a car or a phone i just look at it and cant believe what im seeing. But Speaking of kenya i've been blessed with bed bugs here. I have bites all over me, but i can say also that im used to them, it doesnt even bother me at all.
So today though, im 6 months out. Pretty exciting stuff. Me and some MTC buddies are going up to waterfall in our area today in celebration for it. And were burning our ties tomorrow night. Ill make sure i get some pics of the waterfall, its suppose to be really cool. But ya do you still want to climb mt. Kilominjaro? i promise if you would have saw it like i did you would have been here already and started to climb it. Ah it looks fun. But anyways dad i better run for today. I hope all goes well with the extreme makeover.
-love matt
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