Saturday

L:

On the last Saturday of the month in Rwanda, everything is closed down in the morning for community service. Everyone, including the President, spends the morning cleaning their community. No wonder Kigali is such a clean city!

Around 11:00, we returned to the marketplace and finally found the number one thing we were looking for - some fabric for Great Aunt Liz to incorporate into the quilts she’s going to make for Tryana and Kalysta! I won’t pretend that it was easy trying to walk through those little shops with two toddlers, but overall it was a fun experience.

In the afternoon, we went back to the hotel so that T & K could take naps and I could start packing for our departure the next day. Then we got dressed up for our final Rwanda celebration dinner together with our new friend/POA and the other 8 families. We enjoyed watching traditional dancers during dinner. They were very talented and it was just beautiful.

When we returned to the hotel, it was our turn to hear the girls’ story. We hadn’t been able to drive to where they came from on Friday because it’s too far away. We won’t be sharing their story here because it’s Tryana and Kalysta’s story, but we can share a couple things. Tryana has always looked after Kalysta and they have always slept in beds close together in the orphanage.