Arrived safe and sound and excited and tired

Well it has been a long few days.

We made all of our connections just fine but 20 hours on a plane can get to anyone. Yes, I said 20 hours. We were just about 7 minutes from landing in Kigali on Saturday night of (of course) there were severe thunder storms in the area. So our plane flew around and around and around and around for about 45 minutes when then decided to fly us back to Entebbe, Uganda.

Once in Entebbe we let some people of the plane, and I stood around for 1 hour trying to answer the following student questions,

"when are we leaving?"

"what country are we in?"

"what if we can't go to Kigali, will we stay here?"

"Can I switch seats now?"

"What is for dinner?"

"Should I put on my rain coat?"

"What if we get wet?"

(You get the idea.)

After we were picked up at the airport in Kigali we went to our guesthouse then walked to Chez Robert for dinner. It was pretty good given the fact we were 4 hours late.

We got kids to their rooms then went to sleep.

Attended Mass at St. Famille Catholic Church. It was only 2 hours long.

The students enjoyed working on their Kinyarwanda with the little kids outside the church. Don't worry parents, there are plenty of photos!

We returned to the guesthouse, handed out the spending $ then walked next door to a Chinese restaurant. After about 1.5 hours there (Rwanda is not known for its speedy service) we walked to the Beligian troop memorial and learned a bit of history of the Genocide.

Of course now we are at the mall, coffee shops and internet cafes.

When in Africa...

Big day tomorrow as we will to to Ruhengeri, see Intore dancers, eat a student prepared meal and get the lay of the land before a very busy week of cultural activities.

All is good (some pretty tired kids however).

Amahoro,

James

Personal shout-out to my family (I love you) and Zachary hasn't been too buggy. yet.