this sweet boy's name is bonana -- adorable.
on day 6, we had an awesome opportunity to serve the children. compassion cooks and serves the children a meal once a week. it was very cool to be God's hand and feet in distributing the lunch to these children. before they ate, each of the 200+ children went outside and washed their hands. it was surprisingly a very orderly process!
200+ children sitting quietly & waiting patiently for their lunch.
the portions were enormous and every child ate every bite
this is the entire group of children sponsored by employees of wakm
after we served lunch, we got to do what we had been looking forward to since we found out we were going to africa. we went to muyvuni's house to meet his parents & little brother. words can't describe what it was like. we were humbled to learn that his parents {who are very young} along with their 2 children, had adopted 3 other children to care for. these people, who by our standards have nothing, are willing to give it all to care for those in need.
meet rosette. she was our translator while we were in rwanda. i love this girl. she was beyond helpful & i really wish she lived here so we could hang out!
this was after the dinner we had with 3 of the LDP students
the next day was friday, which was the day we were leaving. we got to squeeze in 1 last student center visit before we left, which was awesome. we went to gustave & got to see several preschool classes. the children all sang to us when we came into the rooms and even asked us to sing for them! we weren't prepared for that, but we taught them head, shoulders, knees & toes which they seemed to enjoy!
Emily, I have really enjoyed reading about your trip. Thanks for taking the time to share it! Hope you're having a great summer!
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