Friday, July 30th
On Friday we decided to go back to Mcedo School and finish painting two more of the classrooms there. Once we were done painting, we went to the Maasai Market which was located at the Village Market.
On our way into the Slum to get to Mcedo School we saw many of the children which were at the school the day before. When they saw the bus coming down the street some of the children just dropped what they were doing and ran with all their might back to the school ready to see us. The closer we got to the school we could see children all around the bus lifting up their hands to show us the salvation bracelets which we helped them make the day before. It is hard to put in words how I felt when I saw this but I knew they had something to always remind them of Christ and that really made me joyful.
Once we got to the school the team focused on the Children and we saw many familiar faces from the day before. It was so amazing to see them again and I could see they were happy to have us there. After spending some time with the children we made our way back into the school and started to paint two more rooms which turned out really well. Once the classrooms were done we made our way back to the bus and there was a team of children there that had put together a dance routine for us thanking us for coming. Watching them perform was a joy because they seem to have such a talent and passion for dancing and singing. After their presentation we got on the bus to leave the slums. On our way out we saw a local person selling grilled corn on the side of the road. Some of us decided to take our chances and try it. The corn was actually really good and tasted like popcorn.
After leaving the Mcedo School, we made our way to Maasai Market at the Village Market. Maasai Market is a place where many local vendors get together and sell a variety of goods and gifts. The market is a place that you are able to barter for items and we definitely had people that were better at bartering than others haha. When I first walked into the market place I was a little caught off guard because the people there are very aggressive and I was actually pulled towards many of the shops. After spending some time there I become quite comfortable walking around and bartering with the people. I feel at the beginning I definitely paid too much for a few items, but once I got better at the bartering deal I did pretty well.
Erika was by far the greatest barter that we had and it was a true marvel to watch haha. She told us if we wanted a good deal we had to be willing to walk away and wow was she right. Matt become here padawan learner in the whole process lolz. Matt and I were together when the market was getting ready to close and one of the vendors came up to Matt and asked how much he got some of his items for. Matt told him and the man was like, “oh you are a tough barter, you need to come to my shop and I will give you a good deal.” Well I don’t know about you but if I was a vendor I would want to avoid people like Matt haha. Anyways, we went over to his shop to see if we wanted to get anything. I was looking at these two boxes that he was selling and Matt went to town on the bartering. The man really wanted a high price on the items and claimed they were better than the others in the market because his has felt in them. At this point is when Matt pulled out a line that made me laugh right … aha what!?! I could do that at home” lolz, the man just looked at him with a blank face at this point. But we definitely got a good price on our items.
The day was a lot of fun and I enjoyed every moment of it.
Maybe Matt can set up his own shop at home, and pay for college that way...
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