Looks like I'll be here for two more years

Hi everyone, things are looking pretty good today in Kakamega* I passed my last language exam in Luhya yesterday which means I will be able to stay here for the next two years, I am very excited because I love the work that I am doing, I need to start learning Swahili though because that is what people speak where I am living and working* I was planning on impoving my Swahili regardless because it will be useful when I am in other parts of Kenya, but now I have some real motivation and the support of my coworkers which is encouraging* I have been busy over the past week, partly from cramming for my exam* I puchased a bike so that I can go and visit other volunteers and get a bit of exercise* On Friday I rode my bike to my friend Rebecca's house which is about 10 miles away on a bumpy dirt road* I enjoyed the ride, it was difficult and I was drenched in sweat but it was nice to get out of town and see a bit more of Western Province* I went to Rebecca's to study because no one in my community speaks the dialect we were taught, but a woman she works with does* It was incredibly helpful to be able to practice* The volunteers who were testing spent the night before our test in town* It was great seeing all of them again and hearing what their sites were like* I also had the chance to see some volunteers who have already been serving for awhile, some of them live nearby so hopefully we'll be seeing more of each other* I have discovered that the pictures that I take with my phone are decent, so I'm going to post some of my cat Skittles today (we had to get a cat because there were mice running all around the office when I moved in) and I will try to post some more of the town etc so that you can get a feel for where I live* The girls in our program are currently out of school so the girl I work with and I have been conducting various activities for them* We have had workshops about goals, relationships etc and several sports days (they were a little confused by my frisbee but ended up enjoying a rather dysfunctional game of ultimate) and a song and poem day* I was playing my guitar during the song day, which went pretty well, but I need to learn songs that the girls know, the requests I received were for church songs and Michael Jackson* I'll try to update with some more photos soon, khulolane (we will see each other--Tsotso, a dialect of Luhya)