First Day Back in the States!

I am going to try to keep "blogging" even though I am not "alyssainrwanda" right now. I am hoping it can be fun for people in the States and all my family and friends back in Rwanda that I don't get to see right now.

It's a bit easier to upload pictures on such a FAST internet connection, so here are a few pictures of my first 24 hours in the States!




Momma, Daddy, and Luke gave me a great welcome at the airport.














Sitting in "my room" in the States...my room hasn't changed much since I was about 6 years old! I did forget about all the great books I had from college and clothes I had left here, so that was pretty exciting.






First thing in the morning (after a great breakfast from my mom!) I got dressed in traditional Rwandan clothes and went to visit the Kindergarten class that has been praying for and sending things to my Kindergarten class in Rwanda. They all wanted me to sign their yearbooks and kept telling people "That's Miss Alyssa. She's a teacher in Rwanda and is our Missions Projects!" It was cool to be with them and teach them some Kinyarwanda!






I got to talk on the phone with Annie last night and Queen and Andrew today!! Yay for being able to communicate even when we are all the way across the world from each other! I am excited about keeping in touch with people in Rwanda even when I am not there.














Leah came over just in time to eat lunch with the crowd of Luke's friends that come over every week for a free lunch! My house has a BEAUTIFUL waterfall that I had never seen. Crazy.








I got to meet baby Cole finally!! Cole is nine months old, but I obviosuly had never seen him...It was great to play with him and have dinner with Josh and Jaime at our house!

Finished!

Well, it is about 1:00 on a Friday afternoon and I am sitting in the church office, instead of in my classroom at school! Yesterday was the final day of school, so I have now completely finished my time as a Kindergarten teacher. While I am grateful for the opportunity to teach this year, it is also exciting to be able to move into the next stage in Rwanda with all my time offered to the church.

The end of the year at KICS was great with a lot of hugs from little Kindergartners. It has been a privilege to be able to influence these 15 little ones! The last day of school was a school wide field day ending with lunch. After having lunch I enjoyed leading the class in marching around the school singing the following cadence:

I don't know but I've been told
Kindergarten made us grow
We've learned to count, write, and read
Raise our hands before we speak
ABCs and 123s
Good Behavior got us treats
We've tried so hard to make you proud
We're through with Kindergarten shout it out!

Only a few more days left until I am on a plane...there is still a lot to be done but I am really enjoying my last few days here for awhile!!