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7.21.09

This weekend we are setting out for Rwanda. I am really excited to see more of East Africa. On Saturday we are going to Kampala (Uganda’s capital) and getting on a one am bus ride. We will spend the new few days running around Rwanda’s capital and seeing genocide museums. I have been told that Rwanda has seen tremendous restoration since the genocides in the 90’s.

 

Tomorrow we are taking all of our kids to an agricultural fair in Jinja. They are so excited for a field trip. Since I know absolutely nothing about farming and farm animals, at least I think that is what agriculture is, it should be interesting for me as well. I guess I will find out tomorrow. On Saturday, before we leave for Kampala, the kids are having a big soccer tournament. Soccer is one of the boys’ favorite things to do. We have a few Americans who work with Ugandan Village Project that have been teaching our kids soccer.

 

Right now, as I am typing this, I have eleven of our kids sitting around watching. Some of our other children are playing soccer. Dave Matthews’s music is playing on my laptop. A little boy named Ema is sitting on my lap. I don’t think my life could get any better than it is right now in this moment. I believe that life is simply space with moments in between that are the only things we remember. I must make the most of the moments when time seems to simply stop. When nothing else around seems to matter except what is happening right then. In the end, it is these moments that I will look back on and see that everything was with it. The pain and suffering was worth it. It will all be worth it.

 

 

After the kids noticed that Ema’s name was in my blog they all wanted their names in it. Sitting next to me is Bosco, Angel, Sedic, Peter and Solomon. That made them all very excited.