Everything You Need to Make a Difference : May 2015

To all my readers, especially my family and friends, It had been a full week since I arrived in Rwanda, things have been off and on at times. on the afternoon of Monday May 18th my family saw me off at the Portland international airport, amazingly enough there was no tears somehow I knew I was going to make it on my own for two months since this was my second time going away on my own. I arrived to Kigali on May 19th and Robert Mugabe along with my Rwandan family and friends come to pick me up from Kigali International Airport. I was so eager to get out of the airport and start moving around the busy streets of Kigali, just in case you did not know, Kigali has more people on streets than cars! Just as we were getting out of the airport my heart jumped with Joy and happiness I could not believe that I was finally here.

As we were pulling into the gates of my new house for the next two months, I was overwhelmed and overjoyed to the feeling of being the owner and manager of A FULL HOUSE all by myself! and I thought to myself" what am I doing"? but again "I am here, there is no going back" I had so much mixed feeling at the moment. the next day which was a Wednesday of May 20th I went and got my money exchanged and did some grocery shopping just like a big girl would.

Although I was finally here in Kigali and happy some things were messed up, firstly my fridge was not working which made my food spoil the next day and as you may understand I was not happy so I talked with my rentee to do something about it since I was promised a working fridge, she tried to get it fixed but she was not so lucky, unfortunately she had to take it back to the store and exchange it but apparently the store is out and I have been waiting since last week for the new fridge but I am running out of patience right now.

By the time of my arrival, my father's car was not running which made my life a bit difficult, I had no ride to anywhere, and the guy who was suppose to look at it was no where to be found. I was taking private taxi everywhere and it was not cheaper. I finally got hold of the guy who could come and fix the car and made an appointment with him to which he never appeared. eventually my father worked something out for me to have a car to drive. It took awhile to find the right car with no problems to be fixed. 2 days after my father's car got somehow fixed and I used it to drive the staff of ten talents Rwanda to the bank but I could feel it was not all the way fixed, luckily the mechanic guy knew but wanted me to drive it first and feel the problem.

My water heater is not working since my arrival, no one knows why so taking shower is been a bit problematic but I am managing. the rentee says someone will come over and look at it but there haven't been anyone, I am learning to be patient with all this on the outside but honestly I am so dying inside with so much things not working properly in the house.

I finally got my visa and I am so happy that I will not be dealing with this anymore, they made it complicated at first but later when I got them everything they require (not mentioned on their website) I had to wait for only 3 days and now I have my visa lasting till July 24th. Praise the Lord for this. As for now I will not cross path with the government offices anymore at least I hope I shouldn't.

I worked in the office yesterday, met some parents and helped few things with staff. I also got a chance to visit one of the girls who transitioned out of the home. Her name is Leah, she gave birth to a super adorable baby girl. I , Sanyu, Vava(my sis) and my other cousin Jane we all went and visited Leah. I was honored to wash the baby and dress it up.

I also visited the home of purpose and I could not believe all the changes! the home has new couches , new dining room arrangements and the walls are so decorated. The previous team has done a wonderful job decorating everything and I am very thankful that they did.

For the next few weeks, I will be doing school visits and meetings with different individuals in our program. Our parents-staff meeting will be on June 3rd and we have already booked the place of the meeting. we have worked our budget so that we can be able to feed everyone at the meeting a nice meal.

Thank you for all your prayers.