Day 4 Last Day

I woke up when it was still dark, got dressed, and rushed into the kitchen to make my self tea. Today I was leaving and I wanted to make the best of the half day I had left in Rwanda. Theogene woke up a little bit after me and after he made himself some tea we went outside to sit and watch the sun rise. I had never actually sat still and watched a sun rise before and may I tell you it was amazing! Watching as the sky went from black to a light blue to a sunny day was fantastic

The sun finished waking up and so did the rest of the family. The two kids slowly made their way outside to join us as we welcomed the sun to Rwanda. We shuffled our way back into the house where breakfast was waiting for us thanks to Angelique. Warm eggs, rice, and fresh milk sat on the table waiting for our watery mouths to eat them. I sat down and began to scarf down the delicious foods. After breakfast I packed my things and the whole family hoped into the car for the 3 hour drive to the airport. In the car everyone rested there eyes and chatted a little. When we got to the air port I hugged everyone at least 4 or 5 times and thanked them for everything. I went to my terminal and got ready to hope on the plane. It really had been an amazing trip.

Day 3 Walk to Water

I woke up at around 10 there time and got dressed very quickly. Today was my last full day visiting Rwanda with Theogene. I walked into the kitchen and made everyone rice and eggs which they enjoyed very much. Today I decided to go with Theogenes wife to go get water. The water was around 5 miles away and took about 4 or 5 hours to get there and closer to 5 to get back. I grapped the huge water jug that would later be filled with cold water from the well. This jug held 5 gallons of water and Angeliques water jug held 8. I felt bad for taking the smaller water jug but I didnt think I would even be able to hold the larger one. She told me I had to take off my shoes if I really wanted to experience the real deal. So I obeyed her words and pulled off my warm shoes. We stepped out the door and began our 4 hour journey. During the walk Angelique and I talked about life in Rwanda and she told me about how much she loved the Kiva program. My feet began to ache at around hour 2 and by hour 3 they were pulsing. I couldnt believe how fast and nonchalant she walked! I looked at her with awe and all she did was walk faster and giggle to herself. That made me laugh too. By hour 4 I had started to ignore my feet and focus on getting to the well. I saw the well at hour 4 1/2 along with about 20 other women crowed around it. I tried to stand in the back and wait for the women to get their water and leave but they kept on wanting more and more and more! I finally followed Angelique through the crowd by shoving other women. Warm, dry, scaly arms brushed past me and sent shivers down my spine. We finally got to the water and filled our jug and started the 5 hour walk back. I changed positions with the water constantly and tried to keep going but had to take continual breaks. By the time we got back to the house we were both tired and decided to skip dinner and go straight to sleep.