One Month Break.

This week has been the week of tying up loose ends. This was my last week in Rwanda before a one month break in which I will spend in the U.S. I am so excited about my break and so excited to see my family. I will say there are parts of me that are sad to leave certain people and things here in Rwanda for one month. For instance, my boys soccer team.


They are on their holiday right now so all of them are available and excited to play any time, any where. Even though I have been telling them for months that this week would be it until January the news still came as a shock to them. I am kind of sad to leave, but I will say there is nothing like taking a break and seeing those whom I have not seen in over seven months. For instance my nephew, who had just turned one right before i left to come here. From what I am being told, he is like a little man now and has already grown so much in the last few months. I am sure he will not be the same, but I am sure we will still have a great time together preferably maybe in the snow :-).


Just this morning, I received an e-mail from my mom with this picture attached. It said something along the lines of "Aunt Jen, please come home and take me sledding!" He is all ready for me to take him sledding and I can't wait!

Presents.

My friend Katie from the U.S. told me a few weeks ago she had shipped me a package. Packages are like Christmas here and so therefore I was beyond myself excited about finding out what inside that little box she sent.

About a month later I finally received her promised package and inside it was filled with soccer socks, two jerseys, and a pair of shin guards. The shin guards were also quite large, man size, and so as soon I saw the very large shin guards and what the package contained, I knew exactly who these items were to go to, my one soccer boy Eric and to a few other boys on my U16 soccer team.

This Sunday I handed out the items. When I informed Eric that the shin guards were his because he was both the captain and a very tall/ large boy he was ecstatic. I wish you could have seen the smile on his face! He just kept smiling and saying thank you coach, thank you. I wish you could have been here to see it.

Below is also a picture of another friend who has donated equipment. My friend Shami is a generous business man here in Kigali. He has many different businesses with one being screen printing. Over the last couple of months, he has personally donated enough shorts for my entire team and a few jerseys. In the next few months, he says he is determined to provide us with not just shorts for the whole team, but also jerseys and socks too. He wants to provide them with new and complete uniforms. That is pretty amazing to me.