The crickets are chirping in Kinyarwanda; the moon hangs kaddy wompus; the radio is blaring in some unrecognizable language; a foreign bug is creeping across my computer screen; the night is very quiet such that any noise carries. I suppose if I breathe heavy, the neighbors might hear–nah. They’d have to hear me over the radio next door. Everyone’s up around 5 a.m., so 8:30 feels like 10:30 p.m., so most the team has headed to bed. It’s actually 10 p.m. and once again, Kelly Bean and myself are still up. I’m allergic to sleep in Rwanda, but it doesn’t seem to matter, except around 3 p.m. in the afternoon. But a quick bounce in the car on a well rutted road, snaps me back to life.
Today was Burundi Day, where our friends from Burundi traveled all day on the bus yesterday just to be with us. We’ve heard lots of heart wrenching stories. We’ve laughed alot, dance the jig with them, prayed with them and them with us, exchanged lots of hugs. I love the African dance trot! Problem is they look so good at it and we just look like Muzungu’s (white folk) making a mess of their jig. But we get good mileage off it–lots of laughter. Seriously, I could move to Africa just to learn to dance! ha ha . . . dance their way, that is.
The team is amazing. They dive right in to engaging with the Burundians, the Rwandans, and any other Muzungu around. They are like sponges to learn and absorb everything around them. Becca is the team pet. The Rwandans love a young high school doll that she is, and enjoy teasing her all the time. She’s handling it very well. Susan is the team —no, not just the team, anyone who will let her–be the Mamma–gathering her little chicks whenever possible. It’s been fun to see her be herself and enjoying every minute of it. Lisa is loving seeing Becca just get alot-o-laughs and seeing her mature in the process. They are both loving it. Heidi and myself so appreciate seeing the people we met last time and making new friends. The culture goes in deeper another notch. Heidi is a great traveler.
So, all for now. We are two days away from going to Akagera Park excursion . . . We probably won’t have any FB connections there . . . don’t know . . . but will check in tomorrow, then we are off to Akagera on Wed. We’ll be back on Saturday.
Okay . . . All for now . . .
Much love from the Rwanda Team . . .
