A failed agronomist

The day started with some excellent waffles from Topista, the Jenkin's cook.  This woman has been absolutely heavenly to us throughout our stay here.  She makes our breakfasts and dinners every day, with many wonderful American dishes.  In fact, when we got back to the house, we had some wonderful mexican food waiting for us as good as what we get back home (which is saying something when you live in Texas).

Today was the first day of reading sessions for Nathan and Katie.  After some no-shows in the morning, we had a delightfully busy afternoon.  Katie's knowledge of French was a huge help with several of the readers as that is the second most prevalent language here in Rwanda (behind Kinyarwandan). 

I am reading with a set of twin guys in their early 30s.  They are 2 out of 14 children in their family.  There is also a set of twin girls among their siblings.  One is a physics teacher and the other works in agriculture.  They are planning a business together where they will go teach people around Kigali better ways to farm their lands to maximize their crops.  Today they were asking if I knew anything about genetically modified seeds.  Unfortunately, my two summers of selling peaches on the side of the road did not qualify me as an agronomist.  They are going to take me to see a greenhouse run by one of their sisters tomorrow.  At the end of the reading session, they told me how they are in the process of converting their entire family to Christianity.

I wanted to post some videos of reading sessions, but the internet connection here isn't cooperating with me.  So here's a picture of Katie being overwhelmed by 4 readers at once on her first day.  Enjoy! :-)

-Chuck