(8 am) I am sitting, this very second, in Adrienne and Berchimas’s living room, across from me is Princesse, and down the hall Prince is getting ready for the day. We already had breakfast, and wished Berchimas a good day at work, and now Adrienne is getting ready so that she and I can go see the town, exchange some money and have some friend time.
I arrived safely in Rwanda yesterday evening around 6:50pm Kigali time. After getting through immigration and collecting my bags (which all arrived on time, praise God!) I made my way out to where people were waiting. I looked up to see Adrienne, Berchimas, Princesse and Prince. It was like a dream! I was back in Rwanda!! I greeted and hugged them and Adrienne pointed out that to my left some other friends were there. Amerika, Raymond and Christophe! I was almost overwhelmed. I greeted them all and was so glad to be with them all.
Adrienne, Berchimas, Princesse, Prince, Amerika and I all loaded into the car and said farewell for now to Christophe and Raymond. (Also Christophe’s brother, whom I had just met). We made our way to the Ntezimana home and my friends showed me my room. The children colored me pictures, hung up their own pictures and made me a name tag for over my bed. I am so welcomed here, I can hardly take it all in.
The children are beautiful and so smart. They were very shy at first, but within a few hours had warmed up to me. (It probably helped that I gave them balloons...) They play, laugh, dance, and run around like the beautiful three and five year olds that they are. The family that is the Ntezimanas is wonderful, loving and feel like family to me as well.
Through a friend of Adrienne's I am going to be given the info that the new students get as an orientation when they come to Rwanda with FHI. I'm really grateful for this info, as it explains Kigali to me better. This is going to be a great opportunity to learn about Kigali, and have things explained to me.
I am so glad to be back here, and am so excited to get to learn more about this country, this culture, this area and these people.
Congrats on the Safe flight! Have fun, just think you would be staying up all night waiting to x-ray people.
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