4.5.10

Only a few minutes for a quick update – it is 6am Monday morning, and we are off in the next half-hour to set out on a journey to Ngazi – north of Bujumbura – to do some work building housing (not sure what all this will involve yet…) for the Batwa tribe.

Easter weekend has been lovely. We journeyed back to Buj on Saturday – Freddy, Simon, Canadian friends in one car, Abi & I in other with new friends, brothers from the UK. They were in town as part of their work filming music for a movie project to feature East Africa and the World Cup (coming this summer – woo hoo!). They even had the kids at the orphanage sing some songs and record – will be awesome to find out later if their voices make it to the sounds for the movie! They said that many countries have bought the movie so far, including UK. They say that US is usually last to buy, so may be a while before we know if I’ll be watching Africa United in theaters at home… Keep your ears open for it!

Easter Sunday was exactly as it should be – spent with much friends and fellowship. Went with the UK group to hear Simon speak at a local church – Bar Berger. Again, experienced being seated on the front row because we are muzungu. Amazingly, Simon speaks fluently in several other languages – so preached in French and Kirundi. Though I don’t catch everything, found that generally knew what was going on picking up on mostly French, some Kirundi. Lunch with a big crowd at Olivia’s – 6 countries represented in one room! Burundi, Canada, UK, Kenya, Ethiopia – and moi, the lone representation of the US! That doesn’t happen to me often, but I am rather okay with it!

Off on our journey now – thanks for checking in on me, love ya’ll!