-Elbert Hubbard-
We came back to the city yesterday and went to a wonderful community meeting called Open Corner. Open Corner is facilitated by a fantastic woman and the way it works is that folks show up, everyone writes a question and puts it in a bowl and the facilitator picks out the question and then for 90 minutes we talk about the question. Well, well, my question got picked and we had a discussion about: What needs to happen for people to be less motivated by fear and more motivated by love? Everyone talked in the room and the topics ranged from fear, love, death, fear of flying, compassion, kindness, self-love, attachment, letting go, and feeling like there is enough. I made new connections and after we had appetizers and drinks with our new friends.
Today we spent time working with the teachers. The women asked if I would lead a group about relationships. Not surprisingly the topics that came up were letting go, anger, acceptance, self-love, self-esteem, and trust. The women were very supportive of each other and shared openly. I felt so honored to be in the space with them and I noticed some sadness that I will be leaving tomorrow. I feel connected here, at home, and I'm doing really good work and making change. I am ready to come home and I want to stay. Good thing we're coming back next year.
This afternoon we went with one of our friends, Anthony who is an amazing Africa Yoga Project teacher, , to meet his sister Lillian. Anthony asked us to sponsor her in school last year because no one in the family could pay the school fees. This is a common issue here and luckily we knew someone who could help us move through the system and start paying Lillian's school fees. When we were in Kenya last year we met Brad Broder who is Paige's brother-n-law. He coordinates the Kenya Education Fund and we worked with them to set up the school fees for Lillian. She has been writing us letters all year and we were eager to meet her. We got to take Anthony, his cousin, and Irene to see Lillian today. At first she had no idea who we were. Americans have never visited her before and I think Jeff is the first white person to ever visit the school. Anthony explained to his sister who we were and then she smiled and said "you are Michelle and you are Herrick", she meant Jeff. We talked to her about school, her favorite subject, her desire to be a scientist when she grows up and we had a wonderful visit sitting and standing under the mango tree. 
Tomorrow is our last day and we are already mourning leaving this beautiful place.
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