Wednesday, May 20, 2009

We left Paradise around 8:30 and headed to Mwiko. The drive was just as beautiful as I remembered, and the people just as friendly and happy! We observed in a P2 class. The whole school has just switched to English, so everyone at least knew some. It's hard that they are forced to do that, especially when there is no time or funding for training. At lunch time they did a dance which was amazing of course and then we gave them all the supplies we had collected for them. We also gave the teachers hats and Iowa State shirts. They LOVED it! Even Guillaume commented on how happy they all are. The car rides are always so tiring but SO beautiful. When we arrived 'home' to Kigali we checked into our rooms and headed across the street to the market. People are always entertained by the muzungus trying to cross the street! Pretty uneventful day...just patiently waiting for tomorrow at the orphanage!!