Monday - October 27

At 3:00 Bubbles was scheduled to give a presentation at the Kajiado Education & Rehabilitation Center where MDP sponsors over 40 rescued or at risk girls. Upon arrival Bubbles hurriedly changed into her gown with the children waiting in anticipation. As she walked outside and across the yard, even the teachers were in awe. If only you could have heard the children ooh and ahh when she walked in. She immediately had their attention. She told the story of her book followed by a demonstration of good brushing habits by dressing two of the students into teeth costumes and using a giant tooth brush. The children loved "Toothena" and after distributing toothbrushes to the students went outside for pictures. She looked like the pied piper with all the children following her, wanting to hold her hand and holding up their toothbrushes.

We had an appointment to meet Eric Rajah, Founder and Director of "A Better World" that evening at 6:00 but due to a heavy traffic jam we unfortunately missed our appointment. After dinner in town we dropped Bubbles off at a hotel where she was meeting up with the rest of the group coming in that night with "A Better World". We made arrangements to meet at the hotel the following morning for breakfast with Eric and left for Ongata Rongai. When we reached home we realized it would be a very short night as we would have to get up at 4:00 and leave by 6:00 to reach Nairobi before the traffic jam. I'm really tired!