Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The 1st Annual Git Fest!













So it now seems that I spend a lot time with the VSOs in the neighboring city of Gitarama. During the summer in England, there are many festivals that celebrate a variety of things. So in honor of that British tradition, the VSOs held the very first Git Fest (Festival of Gitarama)!

The theme for the Festival was dress up as your favorite musical icon. Being a child of the 90s, I found an awesome Lisa Loeb/Lilith Faire dress at the Gitarama Market and paired it up with crazy leggings. It was a lot of fun with games, food and drinks. It was also fun meeting the other VSOs that serve in Rwanda.

I have posted some pictures of the event. I'm doing a crazy Michael Jackson pose in front of the Michael Jackson Memorial. It also drew quite a crowd of Rwandans looking over the wall, watching us play hide and seek and twister.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Finally Pictures of My Village!



So I'm not technically allowed to say where I'm located in Rwanda. However, it's in a small village close to the bigger town of Gitarama. I took some pictures last week during a Genocide Commemoration Ceremony. My village is in a valley and so the pictures I took are when I was walking up the huge hill to catch the bus.