A day in the life...

Well all you American Americans...you are probably wondering what it is like over here, across the water, in God's country. What does a typical work day look like for those amazing interns, who will soon speak English, French, and Kinyarwandan. Wonder no more...merely read...

*Snore*
*Rap, Rap, Rap*
"Hm...?"
"Ben...morning..."
"Morning!"

I glance at my watch...6:30am. Oh man...another day in Rwanda. I lay down and then think to myself, I could really fall back to sleep...and not wake up for a long time. Oh well, duty calls.

I quickly dress and walk out to breakfast. Arthur greets me, grabs my hand, and walks me to breakfast. I sit down, grab a mug, pour in some tea "chai" and grab a piece of bread. This bread is much like a hotdog bun, but not as soft. That is what we eat for breakfast every morning. Soon, perhaps even tomorrow, we will have strawberry jam/jelly/preserves to put on it, which will be sooo good. After polishing off the bread, I start my stop watch, so I will know when to take my malaria medicine. (How do you like my routine, mother, I do it all for you ;) I then throw on my backpack and head out the door.

I walk about 20 minutes up the road, meeting Conner, Kim, and Joel, and the group of Muzungus (white people) walk about 5 minutes up the road to a bus stop. We start calling out "town" and then someone catches our attention and points us to the correct bus. We squeeze into these little busses, smaller than a 12 passenger van, though they hold 19 people, and we head off to work. We get off the bus about half a mile from MOUCECORE and then we walk the rest of the way. We hug Joel goodbye, as he trot off to Solace and we enter the hallowed MOUCECORE compound, never knowing what we will find inside. It takes a little over an hour to get to work, so it is a few past 8 before we arrive to work.

Well, there you have it, a typical morning in Kigali. What do you think?