We've had a nice couple of days adjusting to life in Eldoret.  The days have been absolutely beautiful and the only slight hardships have been the lack of warm water in our shower and the inconsistency of the internet.  Our electricity was also out for several hours last night, but luckily it came back on around 6 am.  I always forget how chilly the mornings and evenings are, but the daytime temperatures have probably reached around 72 degrees.  We are in the midst of rainy season, so it has been raining about once a day, but the rain keeps down the dust.

Ellana had her first full morning with our new babysitter, Sylvia.  Sylvia has helped with many of the families staying at the IU House, and Ellana seems to really like her.  We are hoping that she will only speak Kiswahili with Ellana, but when we left her and came home today, she was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse both times.  There also appears to be a cultural difference when it comes to naps as most of the Kenyan children simply fall asleep during the day on their mothers' backs.  When Steve asked Sylvia if Ellana had taken a nap today, she said "no, she wasn't tired."  Ellana consequently took an 1.5 hr nap this afternoon so I'm not convinced!

Ellana has impressed everyone at lunch and dinner by her enormous appetite.  She has gotten over any sense of being picky about food, and has been trying almost everything offered to her.  She has liked the fruit salad (a delicious combination of papaya, mango, and bananas) and the spinach and cheese calzones the best.  She also ate a good portion at the Indian restaurant where we ate last night.

I spent the day getting reacquainted with the Imani Workshops figuring out what my role will be the next few months.  A Notre Dame MBA named Nick has done an incredible job overhauling the inventory system and making other drastic changes, so I am hoping to help with the implementation.   Nick cut down the inventory from 600 to 164 items within the past week, so we are trying to now make everything consistent.  There have also been changes within the management roles, so I'm hoping that everyone will accept another "mzungu" (foreigner in Kiswahili) giving them advice.  Steve spent the day at hospital clinic and has another full day of operating tomorrow.  He is looking forward to the Neurosurgery group from Duke coming to visit in September as the ORs are missing many important pieces of equipment making his operations very difficult.

Much love and missing you all tremendously!