The Last Week of School

December 11 -17 was the busiest week since I’ve been here. First, it was the last week of school before Christmas break and we had a big school presentation planned for friends and family on Friday afternoon. Michelle and I were also trying to get in conferences each afternoon with all of the parents. At the same time, the triennial conference of the Young Adult Quaker Association of Africa was meeting at the main Kigali Friends Church, just meters from my house. (I had registered for the conference before coming to Rwanda at the urging of a Kenyan Friend who I had met at the Would Gathering in Lancaster, England in 2005.) So I was teaching during the day and trying to finish up all of the details for our Christmas presentation. In the evenings I was attending the conference and trying to remember the names of all of the people that I met from Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya. The evening sessions often went to close to 11:00 PM with lots of singing, dancing, and preaching. On Saturday those attending the conference went to the Genocide Memorial Museum and that evening Brad’s girlfriend and best friend arrived to spend a week with us. Here are some pictures from both the school’s Christmas presentation and the triennial meeting of Young Adult Quaker Association of Africa.

Tegan and Darby play the violin Singing Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer

Wesley and Gwen sing "Jingle Bells" / Burundi Drummers

Rwanda Dancers

A group from Kenya in front of the Genocide Memorial