Student Team Necklaces and Tees!
Once we arrived in Kenya, Karina surprised Century and I with a special necklace, made just for us. The initials K C B, stand for Karina Century Brittany. This was a sweet surprise that instantly bonded us even more.
Karina was not through with surprises. She also created tie-dye t-shirts for the three of us! We planned to wear them on the same day, to the hospital and school and orphanage visits. Everyone loved them and wished that we had more to give out. Though I am only the Student Sponsor, the fact that the girls included me in with the necklace and tee put a smile on my face.
Dresses for Girls in Africa!
One of the medical volunteers, Nancy Kraus (Recovery Nurse), brought more than 100 dresses that were handmade by her and a group of friends. They make dresses to send to girls in Africa. Nancy handed out dresses to all of the girls that had surgery, as well as sent some with us to handout at the orphanages and throughout the other patient wards. All of the girls LOVED their new dresses, even if the only sizes left were a little big:)
Special Notes for the Team!
The Student Team wanted to do something special for all of the other team members and let them all know what an amazing job they were doing and thank them. After a few nights of working on personalized cards for each team member (there was a lot of team members, so it took us longer than expected), we slid the cards under the hotel room doors on Thursday night. So many thanked the Student Team the following day for the pleasant surprise. They said it was a perfect lift to a tiring but fulfilling week, as they started off the final day of surgery!
Coca-Cola and Fanta!
In the United States and other developed countries, these two drinks are so plentiful, that you don't fully realize how great it was to have one during the mission. They days were long and we were all in need of a daily pick-me-up of energy. Who knew a soda could taste so good!
Across from the hospital, there were small shops that sold Coke products and Fanta. Coke-Light (or Diet Coke) was a hot commodity and you were lucky if they had some in stock. Orange Fanta was good, but apparently those who tried they Pineapple Fanta could not get enough of it. Rarely were the drinks cold, but it didn't matter. Many of the volunteers were not able to leave the hospital to get a soda, so some of us would go across the street and buy a crate of as many Cokes and Fantas that we could. The store would give us a crate to carry the drinks over, but we had to leave a deposit for the box and bottles:) After everyone had their drinks, we would return the crate and bottles back to the shop, with full intentions of returning the next day for more.
Never underestimate a random act of kindness.
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