6th day in Rwanda!

When I got to Rwanda I don't think I have ever been so tired in my life! We got here Thursday at 9 in the morning. I think staying up until 9pm that night was the hardest thing I've ever made myself do, after not sleeping for for 2 days. I have been surprised, everyone we have met, when I introduce myself jokes about me being Hillary Clinton. Everyone knows about the elections in America, they know it is between Obama, and MCcain, although even though Obama is from here, a lot think MCcain would be a better president. It is interesting on how well informed they are.

The place we are staying in is really nice. It has running water and electricty most of the time. We live with pastor Beatrice, her mother, Auntie(a woman in her 50's she took in whose family died in the genocide and her husband left her), and Chantal, who is translating for us. My goal is to beable to speak Kinya Rwanda very well by the time I go home. It is hard to know how to respond to people when they say their family was killed in the genocide. It seems everyone I ask if they are married, or have children, either their kids or husband have died.

Today was the first day we started teaching English. Megan is teaching begginer level and I am teaching intermediate. Our classes were for 6 hours, with a half an hour break. We weren't quite prepared for teaching classroom style, let alone for 6 hours, but we put something together last night. We had a good time, although it will be difficult to teach vocabulary, since I don't speak their language well.

On Saturday I think we are going to be teaching jobless people, or women in prostitution crafts and skills. I am excited for that, although I will have to come up with everything that they do. I only know a couple of things I can teach them. If you have any ideas post one here! I am planning on checking my email on Wednesday, and then once a week after that. Hopefully on wednesday I will beable to post pictures.

White people in Rwanda are called Umunzugo, so Megan and I copied Jason's slug bug game, where you see a yellow slug bug and punch the other person person. So who ever sees a umuzungo yells "UMUZUNGO" and punches the other person. I am winning. So far us umuzungos are very rare, we have only seen 4. Almost everyone does a double take, or even triple take, when they see us. Some even walk backwards just to get a better glance at us. One man in the market came up and told the woman they we were with that Megan and I were really beautiful. He asked if he could marry one of us, and that there were two of us, so just taking one wouldn't hurt. Haha.

Isaac- No I have not gotten malaria yet. I have only seen a couple mosquitoes, so I am not worried, although the lack of Mosquitoes hasn't stopped Megan from constantly putting bug spray on, and spraying all of her clothes.


Okay, I will write something better Wednesday!