It's been a few weeks so I will try and update you with my daily activites. I am in a pretty set schedule now. I teach at least 20 hours or so of computers a week to the students here. I teach the secretarial, construction, and electrical students basic computer knowledge. We are slowly getting through and introduction to a computer and introducting Word and Excel. I am starting to focus on learning to type with the secretarial students. I feel that this will be very very helpful to them because Rwanda is quickly moving to an automated computer business world. Some days it is very frustrating trying to teach the kids. Their first language in Kinyarwanda. Most of the students know a bit of French, but really don't use it. I only speak English...which sometimes creates a problem. Not only do I not speak their 1st languague, but I can't speak their 2nd language either. Not to mention the fact that half the computers are in French which the other half are in English. But...slowly we are getting somewhere.
After school Mitchell and I play with the children that show up. I usually rotate between Football (soccer) and Volleyball. They are actually quite good at Volleyball (suprise to me) and I really enjoy playing. After playing, we pray the rosary with all the students that live on the grounds. It is a great time to just reflect on why I am here and try and listen to what God has to say.
Also, in the mornings I have been trying to get up and attend daily mass with the pre-novitiates here. The pre-novitiates are an awesome bunch. I am teaching a few of them English and love talking with them. I expect that we will get to know them better and I hope to become really good friends with a bunch of them.
Recently, Mitchell and I visited the US embassy. It was a great break for me and Mitchell...sometimes you just need to talk with a few Americans. The "party" we attended had a very few Americans, but we did get invited to watch football with the Marines this Sunday night. We are really excited to just hang out with the Marines and watch some good old American Football.
Other than that, living in Rwanda is going well. We are looking to get an official French tutor to help us learn faster. We are slowly learning but would like to learn a bit faster. I am also learning a lot about the country and finding out about some good adventures to go on. I hope all is well back home.