Raw footage of a typical MESAHI day in Kenya (minus the few captions).
In search of fresh clips for our upcoming Road To Damascus Benefit Concert, I came upon these three successive shots that completely renewed my excitement for MESAHI. These few minutes of footage brought me back to a little remote region, called Tuikut Village, where everything is event-oriented, no need to rush, just chill and let it be. It seems so far from where I am right now. Every hour, every minute is calculated to maximize my time and efforts. Even when I’m in the present, my mind is in the future, thinking, planning, and managing how I’m going to cross A, B, C, and D off my list. I really miss Kenya.
This footage is taken after a day of mobile clinic (hence the scrubs) where we worked from sun up to sun down. Sun up doesn’t mean 5am in the morning. It means when your body naturally wakes up, or when the donkeys braying, the chicken screeching, or the wood chopping stir you awake. Sun down means when it feels like the end of the day.
Chai. Thick Kenyan tea made with milk that is freshly squeezed from the cow mooing in the yard. It was almost like sweet milk straight from the udder. Don’t worry—they were sure to boil it twice for our weak sauce American immune systems. As a custom for guests, we had it several times a day and I really couldn’t complain.
Call and response is really genius in terms of learning a new language. ”Asante Yeh-Su” translates to “Thank you Jesus”. Upon our arrival, they started drilling Swahili and Saboat key terms and sayings into our vocabulary. I was so inspired that I plan on taking a Swahili course in the future.
For all our supporters out there. Our flight leaves Monday, June 28th and we’ll return with new testimonies and stories Saturday, July 17th.
