Saturday, February 28, 2009
Basketball Game!!
I just got home from my watching my very first international professional basketball game! It was SO much fun!! It was the Rwandan national team against the Kenyan national team and RWANDA won!! Woohoo! Anyway, it was quite the experience getting into the game as the soccer game was just getting out...so crazy crowds were all around my car that was stuck in traffic that could only go one way because the President's wife was coming to the basketball game! Once I finally got in I had to push my way through a crowd to get in, get a ticket and meet the Wheeler family at the seats down on the floor (which costs 10 dollars, by the way :-). It was so fun to cheer on Rwanda and to just be at a basketball game!!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
There's No Place Like Home!
And right now that is Joel and Annie's house in Kigali, Rwanda!!
We moved back into our house a few days ago...and it really is so good to be home. It is raining quite a bit here, so they could not start on our roof. But we are just glad to be home!
In other news...I took my students on their first field trip!! We went with the first graders to Living Water International, a Christian organization helping to build wells for people. It was quite the site to see all my little ones trying to pump water for the first time! It was neat to talk to them about the fact that some kids even their age spend their days carrying water back and forth instead of going to school. It was fun and a good experience for all.
One of my students came in yesterday and just exclaimed, "But, Miss Holladay, I KNOW how to Read!!" He was so excited and it did my heart good.
My internet card is still broken...soo I am just waiting for new cards to come into the country! Who knows when that will be :-(
I am still loving being at the church. We talk about fairly consistently now about how next year it will be exciting for me to be there and not have to give so much time to teaching...you can still be praying for the children's ministry, for volunteers, and for the church building that is in the works (we have just finished paying off the land! Now we are looking at the next steps...)
Hope you are all well :-)
We moved back into our house a few days ago...and it really is so good to be home. It is raining quite a bit here, so they could not start on our roof. But we are just glad to be home!
In other news...I took my students on their first field trip!! We went with the first graders to Living Water International, a Christian organization helping to build wells for people. It was quite the site to see all my little ones trying to pump water for the first time! It was neat to talk to them about the fact that some kids even their age spend their days carrying water back and forth instead of going to school. It was fun and a good experience for all.
One of my students came in yesterday and just exclaimed, "But, Miss Holladay, I KNOW how to Read!!" He was so excited and it did my heart good.
My internet card is still broken...soo I am just waiting for new cards to come into the country! Who knows when that will be :-(
I am still loving being at the church. We talk about fairly consistently now about how next year it will be exciting for me to be there and not have to give so much time to teaching...you can still be praying for the children's ministry, for volunteers, and for the church building that is in the works (we have just finished paying off the land! Now we are looking at the next steps...)
Hope you are all well :-)
Thursday, February 5, 2009
I MOVED!
Well, kind of. My entire family has shifted temporarily because the roof on our house needs to be fixed. Annie's mom loving took us all into our home, so we are now all living a few minutes down the road!
Also, a few bits and pieces of life that I don't think I have ever written about:
- I get to drive Daniella to school every morning and I absolutely love it. We listen to Jana Alayra and enjoy the morning together!
- I just started Kinyarwanda lessons with other teachers from my school...so I am hopeful about that. I want to know the language so badly. Seriously, you could pray that God miraculously speeds up that process!
- My internet card is broken so communication may be a little slower for awhile. (I am currently sitting in the airport using their free internet!)
- We are really going to try to implement more structure into the Sunday School soon, so you could be praying that God will really provide people who are willing to volunteer--this is a big need!
-My Kindergartens did a chapel on Jonah and Rom. 8:38-39 yesterday and they were pretty cute. I had them draw anything they wanted about Rom. 8:38-39 the other day and one of them immediately said, "But Miss Holladay, I don't know about the lips!" I asked her, "of what." She replied, "Of God!" So so funny...they always have great things to say!
Also, a few bits and pieces of life that I don't think I have ever written about:
- I get to drive Daniella to school every morning and I absolutely love it. We listen to Jana Alayra and enjoy the morning together!
- I just started Kinyarwanda lessons with other teachers from my school...so I am hopeful about that. I want to know the language so badly. Seriously, you could pray that God miraculously speeds up that process!
- My internet card is broken so communication may be a little slower for awhile. (I am currently sitting in the airport using their free internet!)
- We are really going to try to implement more structure into the Sunday School soon, so you could be praying that God will really provide people who are willing to volunteer--this is a big need!
-My Kindergartens did a chapel on Jonah and Rom. 8:38-39 yesterday and they were pretty cute. I had them draw anything they wanted about Rom. 8:38-39 the other day and one of them immediately said, "But Miss Holladay, I don't know about the lips!" I asked her, "of what." She replied, "Of God!" So so funny...they always have great things to say!
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