A few photos as of late.

Folks, we're coming into the home stretch.  I leave Rwanda in a mere 4 weeks.  Minnesota (via Washington DC and my wonderful sister Laura), I am very much looking forward to spending 2 months with you.  In the meantime, here are some pictures of life lately:

  

A wonderful sixth grade girl from MN donated art supplies to the kids at New Hope.  When my friends Donna and Harvin were here, we arranged an afternoon of drawing and painting.  (By the way, in case you don't know who Donna and Harvin are, they are INCREDIBLE blessings in my life and hopefully, many of you will meet them this summer.)

Desami.

The other Desami (they are twins) practicing his letter "p".

The older boys painting the Chelsea crest.  Isaac is a HUGE fan - complete with jersey, shorts and shoes. All Chelsea, all the time. 

And today, May 1, is Labor Day here in Rwanda.  We have the day off school, and it is a brilliantly sunny day.  A bunch of friends and I took the opportunity of the day off and had a big picnic, complete with frisbee, whiffle ball, cards, and good food.

Here's a blooming tree hear my house:

 My friend, Jamie, enjoying a coke. (Can you tell where she's from?)

  

 I made Grandma Helen's / Grammy's famous broccoli salad. I'm not quite sure which Grandma originated the recipe, but I do remember it was the first thing I ever "cooked" in the cabin kitchen. Thanks for teaching me so well, lovely Grandma and Grammy. It was a hit (and has been every time I've made it here this year.)  

It's not a picnic in Rwanda without a bag of samosas.

Happy Labor Day, everyone...(a few months early for those of you stateside.)