I'm Here!

I’m finally in Rwanda!  This has been the most amazing experience already!  We have been staying in Kigali and have had a lot of basic orientation.  We are staying at a conference center and aren’t allowed to leave on our own but we are able to walk around the city with one of our teachers.  It was easily one of the best experiences of my life!  First of all there are people everywhere, just walking around or hanging out outside.  The kids were the best!  They would give you this shy, coy look and then you would wave at them and they face completely lit up!  It was so much fun!  Everything here is completely new.  I wasn’t even sure how to greet people or what was appropriate but I look forward to learning all about the culture and will have plenty of time to do it!  The landscape is beautiful!  There are mountains everywhere and everything is so green!  On our compound there is a church and this morning you could hear the most beautiful African music.  It was so amazing looking out into the mountains with the music in the background, I felt like I was in a movie!

This afternoon we are going to our training site where we will stay for 11 weeks.  I will get a cell phone and internet hopefully soon so I can update more regularly! 

Hope you all are doing well!

Annie