I have absolutely fallen in love with the children of Rwanda. (Go figure!) Every time I leave the house; children are usually following behind, most screaming “mzungu!” as I pass them. And many of them saying everything they know in English, which is usually good morning, how are you, we are fine, and thank you. When Rob introduces me to me now it usually goes like this: “This is Emily. She likes kids a lot. If there is a child around, she is playing with them and if there is a baby she always ends up holding it. It has become a problem, because many kids are sick and so Emily gets sick frequently. But she doesn’t care.” Great introduction right? It always makes me laugh.
A few weeks ago I was in a village called Gikomero doing reconciliation work. For lunch, we ate at the pastor’s house but I finished lunch before everyone else .I told my friend Andrew that I was going to go outside and take pictures because the view was amazing and that I would be back in 5 minutes. What I didn’t realize was that there was a primary school right next to the pastor’s house. As I was taking pictures, I heard Mzungu, Mzungu! from a child. As I turned around I realized that school had just gotten out and all of the children were charging towards me. I was quickly surrounded by over 100 children. Thirty minutes later Andrew came out looking for me and realized I couldn’t move. He told me that I was the first white person the majority of these kids have ever seen. He then got all of the children to sing a song for me called Jesus loves all the little children which I wanted to share with everyone. It was a great day with the kids.
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