"Snapshots"

After trying for some time, I have decided that my internet connection is simply not fast enough to upload pictures right now. So, instead I will just give you a few "snapshots" of living in Rwanda.

- I visited a church members home and they gave me a gift of a rabbit. Well, I don't actually have it yet. They want it to continue to grow for awhile, then they will invite me back and cook it for me! It was quite an experience for them to grab this rabbit running around their home, pick it up by the ears, hold it out in front of me and have them explain that this was a gift for me. In the midst of translation I actually thought they wanted me to take it from them right then, but we quickly got that detail worked out!

- Riding the motorbikes is one of my new favorite things to do in Rwanda!! Don't worry, I am trying to only ride them in places where there is not as much traffic. There have been times where all I can think of is the song that says "my life is in Your hands!"

- The children I am living with are still very cute and full of energy. One of the only English phrases they know is "Bad Manners!" So, they are constantly running up to me and saying "Bad Manners, Alyssa! Bad Manners!" It makes me laugh every time.

- I am still enjoying the food. For those of you who like the details: Every morning we have bread (with peanut butter or honey etc etc) and tea. Most lunches we have rice, vegetables, and beans or some sort of sauce for the rice. And most dinners (which, by the way, are at around 9:30pm) are fairly similar to lunch often with some kind of cooking banana. A couple times a week we have salad (cabbage, carrots, avocados, cucumbers). The fact that avocados are common here is simply wonderful!! Then we usually have African Tea, which is one of my new favorite things. It is just tea boiled in milk and other spices, but I love it. We also have the treat of FRESH juice a couple times a week!!

- And things are still going well at the church. I have been helping them input a bunch of information that they don't have on the computer yet. (For example, I have started with trying to create a good system for recording all the information for the children who are being sponsored.) This Saturday I will be teaching CLASS 301 (a class about discovering your ministry)! They have done CLASS 101 and 201, but this will be their first 301. So we will see how a four hour class being translated goes!!