We ate so many cookies.
We ate fresh delicious sugar cane.
We did LAUNDRY! (yes it’s the simple things in life…)
A woman name Tidyness, invited us to her home for breakfast. Out of respect we call her Mama Musa, which means Mama Moses.
I harmonized with some 7th grade girls to a high school musical song on a walk through a maize field. At the end of the walk we found ourselves in a church service led entirely by kids their age. One of my favorite parts was when we sang a hymn that made reference to Satan, but it was pronounced Sat-than.
I heard a lot of dreams and learned a lot about confidence and aspiration from these girls, some as young as 12 already knowing what they want to do with their lives. Accountant, Doctor, Nurse, “Pastoress”.
pictures from our lovely weekend in Usa River.
So this is our last full time week at ICTR. Sunday we leave for a week in Zanzibar (during Ramadan… how cool!) and then another five days will be spent in Rwanda. Then classes begin again! I must say though, I never anticipated how hard it could be to buy a plane ticket. No one takes credit cards here for fear of fraud and we can’t pay over the internet because the only secure way is an expensive money order. (apparently fraud is so high here that I wasnt even allowed onto one air ticket site from Arusha). So, we must pay a travel agent in cash. Mind you we need about 1 ½ times the amount that we can get from any given atm in a day. So we really have to think through this purchase. Not to mention we are subject to the currency exchange from our bank and the travel agent. Where is expedia when you need it???
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