Rwanda '08

Last days here in Rwanda!

2008-07-26T10:54:50Z

Can’t believe we’re leaving in just a few hours…! I’m very proud to say that we did not burn down Epiphanie’s kitchen and our cake for Patrick was edible. Baking with Epiphanie’s family couldn’t be more fun- Olivier, Flora, Eric, and Patrick ...

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Changing plans, seeing the gorillas early, spraining my ankle hiking…

2008-07-25T20:59:53Z

JUST KIDDING. Both my ankles are perfectly functional. Hopefully the other two parts of the title are almost as interesting though :) I wrote this part on Wednesday… While we were on site interviewing today, we got news from Epiphanie that we ...

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dangerous avocados and...Virgin Mary II?

2008-07-22T17:31:08Z

It was so great to retreat to Kigali for a few days and get a change of scenery. We slept in…for most college students in the summer that means rolling out of bed around lunchtime – for us it was about 9 am, but it felt way later since ...

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africana clothes and bourbon coffee

2008-07-18T18:12:57Z

Yep we actually did it - when we went to work today, we wore the cloth we bought at the market just like the Rwandan women. I was worried they'd think we were mocking them, but they thought it was great and everyone laughed watching us try to act ...

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since Saturday...

2008-07-18T12:35:01Z

Can’t believe I haven’t written since Saturday… Before I try to catch up, I wanna mention some exciting news – Jessica and I are leaving on July 26th and we’ll arrive in the States on Sunday the 27th! Originally we were planning to leave on August...

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wrote this yesterday on the bus...

2008-07-13T17:21:44Z

Today was our last day working at the construction site with the U.S. team. Today, like the other four mornings this week, we woke up as the sun was rising, wharfed down some breakfast, and hit the road… well, if you can call it a road. The tw...

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Last day in Gitarama, first days in Butare

2008-07-09T21:04:28Z

Monday was the most overwhelming day-on-the-job we’ve had so far. We showed up at the YWCA at 8 am as usual, expecting to have about six or seven people total… and found out that around 15 people had showed up. It was a nightmare trying to figu...

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4th of July Rwandan-style, Kigali, & Safari

2008-07-06T21:03:00Z

While y’all in the U.S. were shooting off fireworks, barbequing, and celebrating the red white & blue last Friday, Jessica and I were two of maybe 10 white people packed into a stadium of thousands of people watching…gosh, what to call it...

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chaos in the marketplace & other adventures

2008-07-03T14:46:00Z

After work yesterday, we went with our housekeepers Chantal and Olivier to Gitarama’s local market. Sounds pretty simple right? Ha, wrong! It was our first and last time trying that out. Unsurprisingly, we drew a lot of stares being the ...

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Genocide Memorial and first day of work!

2008-07-01T20:41:00Z

Visiting the Genocide Memorial on Monday was just as tough as I expected. We took a tour of the capital city Kigali on a bus with a few Italian and Australian tourists and Epiphanie’s son Olivier. The Memorial was included in the tour, so...

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