Unforgettable Faces

I’m so sad that our trip has come to an end.  Incredibly sad.  It went by so fast, but we accomplished so much with God’s help.  I have been changed from my experience in Africa.  I could not have asked for a better group to have experienced this incredible trip with.  Looking back on these three week, it is evident that God has put his hand in every situation big or small.

Since Wednesday was my day to write about, I will jump back a couple days and talk about that unforgettable day.d   I woke up and couldn’t believe the last day at Kicukiro and our next to last day at Green Hills Academy had arrived.  When I told my class at Green Hills we only had one more day with them, the looks on their faces killed me.  They just kept telling us how badly they wanted us to stay and they will be so sad once we are gone.  To hear it from their mouths, was heart breaking to say the least.  One of the principals of Green Hills told us he hoped the volcano erupted again so that we could stay the rest of the summer.  It’s hard once reality hits and we have to head home.  In between the schools, Kenny had one last seminar with the teachers at Green Hills to emphasize again what we had been doing with their students for the past three weeks.  At the end, we broke off into small groups and Hayley and I taught a classroom of teachers who were eager to learn more about what we have been doing.  They gave us positive feedback adn I feel like they will spread the material to other teachers.  Afterwards, we taught at Kicukiro school for the last time and it was extremely difficult to leave the kids at the end.  The school had been let out by the time we needed to leave and literally all of the kids in the school rushed after us.  They wanted our love and attention more than anything.  There were so many students though, we more or less got stampeded.  It took a while for us to actually leave because of how many kids were surrounding us.  It was exactly how people act when celebrities are around, but the thing is we aren’t celebrities.  I just wanted to tell all of them that I am nothing special and every single one of them are more special than me.  There is no way to actually put into words the experience.

When I came to Africa, that is one thing I can’t say I expected.  Hundreds of children rushing at me from all directions is definitely not what I pictured.  It was so depressing to leave them all.  Wednesday night, we went ate dinner at the missionary houses for the last time.  I have appreciated every single one of the missionary families so much.  They have an amazing team here and really have made a huge positive impact on me.  They have been such a blessing and encouragement to our group, more than they will ever know.  I will miss them so much.  The bottom line is I will miss the unforgettable faces of Rwanda

-Anna

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