I made it! The trip was easy and getting to the University was fine. It is so nice to be back in East Africa and it made me realize how much I truly love and miss Rwanda. Our plane stopped there first and we couldn't get out and my heart was being tugged out towards the tarmac. Next summer. . . . !
Today was our first official day (yesterday was just jet lag recovery). I've met some really neat people and I'm excited about this new community I am now a part of. So many people doing so many amazing things in Africa. . .I feel very out of my league. There are two girls from Georgia living in Kenya and another girl heading to Bolivia and another heading to Saudi. There is a guy living in a refugee camp (as a worker) in South Sudan and another living in Liberia and others from Uganda. . . they have unbelievable stories. Some are Americans, some are Africans, some were refugees themselves. . . a few are Rwandan and they told me that I could be a Rwandan just because I love that country so much!
I changed my major. So all of that work I did in May and June is void, but this new major (Organizational Leadership) fits better. I also realized why the packing list mentioned ear plugs and bug spray. There is a THUMPIN' night club next to our dorm. I should have brought those ear plugs because my heart is vibrating inside of my body until three a.m. every night! Also, I'm praying my malaria meds work because even with a mosquito net, I got eaten alive the first night. Yikes!
I'm happy to be here. I'm a tad lonely and a tad homesick, but happy to be here and get classes started. Tomorrow I'm going to church at Watoto and I could not be more excited about that! Then I think I'm going to raft the Nile next weekend! What a rush!
Mom, please tell Gran'ma, Hays & Tiki about my adventures! Thanks! Family, I love you so much and I love you more and more each day! I'm going to be a better person because of this amazing experience! I can't wait!!!
Hopefully I can get pics uploaded sometime soon!
Today was our first official day (yesterday was just jet lag recovery). I've met some really neat people and I'm excited about this new community I am now a part of. So many people doing so many amazing things in Africa. . .I feel very out of my league. There are two girls from Georgia living in Kenya and another girl heading to Bolivia and another heading to Saudi. There is a guy living in a refugee camp (as a worker) in South Sudan and another living in Liberia and others from Uganda. . . they have unbelievable stories. Some are Americans, some are Africans, some were refugees themselves. . . a few are Rwandan and they told me that I could be a Rwandan just because I love that country so much!
I changed my major. So all of that work I did in May and June is void, but this new major (Organizational Leadership) fits better. I also realized why the packing list mentioned ear plugs and bug spray. There is a THUMPIN' night club next to our dorm. I should have brought those ear plugs because my heart is vibrating inside of my body until three a.m. every night! Also, I'm praying my malaria meds work because even with a mosquito net, I got eaten alive the first night. Yikes!
I'm happy to be here. I'm a tad lonely and a tad homesick, but happy to be here and get classes started. Tomorrow I'm going to church at Watoto and I could not be more excited about that! Then I think I'm going to raft the Nile next weekend! What a rush!
Mom, please tell Gran'ma, Hays & Tiki about my adventures! Thanks! Family, I love you so much and I love you more and more each day! I'm going to be a better person because of this amazing experience! I can't wait!!!
Hopefully I can get pics uploaded sometime soon!
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