Hello!

First of all, I want to thank everyone for the birthday wishes, it was a great day but the entire week has been fabulous!

My parents are doing great and have adapted quickly!  We spent Saturday-Thursday at my site and now we'll be traveling around the rest of Rwanda.  The time we spent at my site was amazing!  Everyone was so happy to meet my parents and couldn't believe they came all the way from America to visit!  It meant so much to me that my parents could meet all of my friends who have taken such good care of me and have become my family here.

Friday we had planned to go to Akagera National Park to do a safari but unfortunately our guide had some issues with his car so we spent the day in Rwamagana and went Saturday instead.  It turned out to be an amazing day and mom and dad had a blast!

Here are just a few pictures for now and I'll try to post more again later.

All my love,
Annie

Everyone needed their picture taken

More students

Zebras we saw on safari before we even got into the park

How mom and dad spent most of the ride through the park (we've all got bruises to prove it!)

Hippos down in the left corner

Impala

The views in Akagera are incredible!

Our guide was determined to find giraffes for my mom!

Mom, Dad, me and Brittany, a fellow PCV who joined us on the trip to the park