Thursday in Rwanda

Our day started out by visiting a home of 10 boys that live together with a house mom and they are all street boys that have been given a place to live. We brought crafts and spent about an hour just doing crafts with them. They loved it. So did we! They were full of smiles and hugs.
We then made our way into the downtown area of Kigali to meet with our sponsor children. To be honest I was a little nervous. I wondered if it would awkward...if he would be shy...if he would speak english....if we would sit in silence and just smile....I just didn't know what to expect. It turned out to be a really special time. Aloys is a very sweet, polite and kind boy. He had a quiet demeanor about him but I wouldn't say he was shy. He asked Kayla and I lots of questions about our family and schools etc. Brayden had written him a letter hoping to start a pen pal relationship and Aloys seemed happy about that and even wrote him back a letter for me to bring home with me. He is doing very well in school and wants to be either a doctor or engineer someday. His favorite subject is math and he also really liked biology...makes sense. We spent the last 1/2 hour sitting in the hallway of the Nu-vision office in a circle with all the sponsor kids and teammembers. We played name games and another "circle" game and it was really fun to see the kids come to life and smile and we all really connected. It turned out to be one of my favorite parts of the day! When we were ready to leave, Aloys, Kayla and I joined hands and prayed over him. He is such a sweetheart and I am so so glad we had the opportunity to meet him.
Then after lunch, a few of us went back to Mama Clementine's to bring her some chicks so that she can raise them and then sell them and be able to provide for her 8 children. I could not believe how good the kids looked....when we were there earlier in the week the babies had conjunctivitis and lots of congestion. the congestion was still there....but their eyes were clear and they were so playful and had lots of energy. The tiny one, Divine, was so stinkin cute. We filled a water bottle with small stones and made a rattle for her and once she got the hang of it she just walked around shaking that bottle and handing it to everyone to take a turn shaking it. She was so cute. Got lots of pictures again.
We had a great team meeting last night and then a movie night for those that were not too tired! A really good day in Rwanda!
I will post pictures later....they take forever to load!