Loita

Loita is fairyland! The sweet sound of peace and quiet and love,a lot of love...:)
I am back from my favorite week ever in my life. I am back from lovely Loita, to sunny Arusha(home for the next 4 weeks). I camped, and hiked and took baths in the river and peed outside and had meals by the campfire and I am sure I will never be the same. Why would I want to be the same old boring me if I can embrace a whole new existence of adventure.hehe
When you are quite sure nothing could possibly take your breath away and give you that warm and fuzzy feeling again,God has a way of nicely letting you know who is in charge of that. Loita took my breath away, Loita made me laugh and quietly smile at a bunch of different things,Loita made me quite free indeed!
There is really no way else to describe Loita than magical.
The beauty surrounding me was amazing.At night it would rain and thunder and you could hear the animals from your tent, the river with its warm water and rocks and skin smoothing sand, the hikes, everything, it made me feel, just plain happy...I belonged!
The people I met too, made this trip special, friends from back when the Borden´s lived there who came to visit, say hi and just hang out. Who invited us over for tea and lunch, who shared and talked to us. It gave meaning to my trip here.
At this time of struggle all over the world, but especially here in Africa, you see the meaning of friendship and giving all you have. The Bible stories I heard in Sunday school become real. No matter how little one has, one still invites you over for a cup of hot chai at their home so you can sit and chew the news for a while. It made me think of how selfish I am at times, it made me put myself into my rightfull place. When far away, Africa is a distant reality, you can say you are doing something, you are helping,you are changing it and most likely you are, but when you come here, when you see it with your eyes, it becomes YOUR reality. And more often than not you realize you did nothing to change Africa, but Africa has changed you. Now that is a feeling you have to experience so you can fully understand what am I here blabbing about.
I wish I would never have to leave! I wish I could come back to Loita(surely the place I have been happiest at), I wish I could be part of this country. Truly my mother was right, Africa ran in her blood and the apple never falls far from the tree:)
I found home...