Friday, May 15, 2009

We visited Green Hills Academy in the morning. I went to Teacher Gladys's P1 (1st grade) class. I had so much fun! Gladys is from Kenya and she just came to Kigali in January. First they read a Corduroy book and then they had a math lesson. They were learning about tens and ones and when they did their exercises she had me correct them. They are all so cute and their English is so good! There were two muzungu boys in my class as well. Then we had tea and then they started their Kinyarwanda lesson. It's so good that all the students learn the local language. They did a dance for me and it was so funny to watch the foreign students attempt the dance! Then they decided to teach ME some Kinyarwanda. They asked questions and I did my best to answer. I used my pictures, and they learned all the names of the people in my family! Then they had one more lesson and we went to lunch. I sat with the class – they are just so fun! After Green Hills we headed to KIE to see our friend John. He was so excited to see me, his 'daughter'! We met with the vice rector and got a little tour. Then we headed out for our long drive to Musanze (Ruhengeri). The ride was long but SO beautiful. I've really been appreciating that more this year. The ride is also good, because I'm always learning new things from Guillaume. We stopped and gave some pens away, which is always fun because they're so excited! We stopped and had a Fanta in Musanze and then finished to our guest house, Kinigi. We checked into our rooms and had an amazing dinner – accompanied by a PRIMUS!! :-) Then we headed to our rooms to rest before our big day on Saturday!