ONE WEEK AWAY!!!!

Okay, I'm heading to Rwanda in ONE week!!! I will leave one day after my 27th Anniversary. Then I will be gone for about 10 days.

I have had no problems with he anti-Malaria medicine. I have my sweat-preventive underwear, camera, passport and I have had all the shots. 

 I am getting excited now that I have gotten through the last few weeks of intense work. I was in Canada last weekend for a deposition and fortunately I had some time  to go to Niagara Falls later in the day.

I left Canada at 4:00 a.m on Sunday, and got home about noon. Then I had to get ready for two days of depositions in South Louisiana. While there, we had time to have dinner with our daughters and sons-in-law.

David  and Jessica Elston, Erica and Michael Rhodes (Michael had just returned from a short mission in China)

We got back to Shreveport Wednesday night and yesterday I was called out to oversee the investigation of a fatality accident in north central Louisiana. Today I have been catching up with several projects and making plans while I am gone.

Finally, some things have slowed down, but this weekend one of my daughters (Jessica) will come in town on her way to Boston, where my son-in-law, David,  starts seminary and, hopefully, she will begin teaching. Pray she gets a job soon. They will be taking our bed and couches (we also gave them a car while I took the old Explorer). My wife, Joan, is having a blast looking for new couches and a king size bed.

So now, I am about to head out to Rwanda in a week. Amazing! Before recently, I have only been to Mexico and now I have been to Canada and I am going to Rwanda. I wonder if I will have chances to go to other countries?

The following is a letter I sent to the young man we sponsor in Rwanda:

Bite Emmanuel:

 I am looking for meeting you and your family this summer when I am in Rwanda in July (Nyakanga). I will be coming with people from our urusengero, The Simple Church.

I know you are now icume n’ gatandatu, but you will be turning seventeen (icume n’karindwi) in August (kanama), correct? Tell me about school. Wiga mu wa kangaha? Ni irhe some ukunda cyane?

Let me tell you a little about me. I am almost mirongwitanu (50) and ndubatse to Joan. I have kabiri children, Jessica and Erica. They are married too.

　

Do you like (nkunda) the soccer uniform we sent you?

Ukunda umuziki umeze gute? I like rock , praise, jazz and bluegrass music. Have you ever heard bluegrass?

I will try to bring some bluegrass music from some friends who are about your age.

Imana ibane nawa,

I will let you know more while I am there. At least I hope I will make the time to blog about the mission.

Murabeho

Imana ibana nawa