First Day

We (myself, Bart, & Katherine) all arrived in Rwanda yesterday. After traveling over 40 hours to get here, we were in heavy anticipation of arrival.

I can tell you that we look like complete ducks out of water; however, the Rwandan people are among the nicest that I have ever met. From the moment that we arrived, children would come running to us so that they could touch us. Katherine held here hand out of the car window, and the all came to her to touch her hand. They all seemed so happy.

We are staying in a nice hotel for now. We will move into a house in a few days. We start work tomorrow. They are giving us a day to adjust. It works out perfect because they are having a village court today, so nobody is working.

Our fist two meals here have been great. In two very nice and large meals at a local restaurant, I have spent about $7.00. We will hire a cook in a few days. He or She will prepare us three meals a day.

I am very excited about this stay here in Rwanda. A few of the locals speak English, so we have had some interesting conversations. They are growing corn and sorghum like back home. They even have Careless Weeds like back in West Texas. The only difference is the weather.
We will have a high of about 80 and a low of about 60 the entire time we are here, day and night. I could not ask for a more peace and beautiful place to spend a summer!