idp
internally displaced person.
an acronym that all kenyans are now terribly familiar with.
alida fernhout, rn, bn, idp.
and now i feel like an idp. many people have asked if my house is fixed and i am back living in it. the answer is negative to both. i am bouncing around. there is a house but not a home. i am not able to live in my home or eldoret. i feel a little displaced.
i spent about 10 days staying at a house in eldoret town and commuted to the village on my motorbike. i then went to nairobi for a small "reading recess" and took a week long course on "hiv/aids and water, sanitation and hygiene." during that time i have stayed at my colleague's home. while in nairobi, some "things" happened and these "things" are very complicated so it is difficult to explain or discuss. but let's say that it has prevented me from going back to my home in the village. i flew on the weekend to eldoret to get some necessary things such as my bike and computer. i stayed with some dutch friends at their home.
i am now back in nairobi staying at my colleague's home until i start a month-long course on the other side of town. then i will move to a friend's house for the month of august.
needless to stay, i am living out of a bag and feel like a bit of a transient. but now i have my bike and my mac and these things are like "home" to me.
i can't give details, but if you could pray that the whole messy situation is sorted out, i would be grateful. i look foward to getting back "home" and dropping idp from the acronyms behind my name.
