Jan 4, 2013
A profound day
Today was the 1st day we managed without
Kristen’s family and Abby. We sure
miss them.
Harvin and I took the scooter to the house this morning
soaking in the joy that is our adventure.
We played with the kids and worked on some more thank you notes to
people for the Christmas presents and people helping with school fees.
The kids really took their time to find the right crayons
and paper to craft their notes.
Then, we had the most profound portion of our day and likely
the entire trip. But first..let me
back up. Last Fall, Harvin set up
a meeting with a wonderful private college in Mn and Chantal’s husband Mbanda
in NY. The Director of Admissions agreed to one child at sonrise boarding
school a 4 year scholarship to their school.
Today we had the utmost responsibility and privilege to meet
with the 3 finalists under consideration for the scholarship. I had been thinking about it all night
and all morning. Harvin will make
the final decision on our recommendation, but as you imagine it is a very
weighty decision to determine who should be giving this life changing
opportunity. We met with a young
woman and 2 young men all of which had special stories and would bring special
things to this opportunity. Of
note was a 21 year young man who had both parents killed in the genocide.
Despite that he has excelled in school in epic proportions and dreams of
getting a medical degree. The
stories went on and on, with each offering something so unique. I prayed that we would make the right
decision for their futures.
We scooters back home and took the big kids for another walk
down the road to go play football (aka soccer) on a big field near a church.
It’s an easy and fun game of pick up that is nonstop fun. Those that didn’t want to play found
other ways to stay entertained with hand games, jump rope and hide and go seek.
The kids were also excited to connect with Auntie Sieba ,
their social worker who was back from Holiday.
The journey to and fro are always fun as the kids seem to
open up about all of life’s special times. It’s all good except tryung to cross the busy road with 13
kids and 2 adults.
Back up we chatted a bit and set off for Chantal and Mbanda’s
home and then a thank you dinner for them for all the love and care they showed
for all of us the last 10 days.
Tomorrow we plan to skype for as long as possible! Join us.
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