Rwanda is the land of a thousand hills..
The first thing I noticed after stepping foot on African soil is all the beautiful green hills and all the clean...Not a piece of litter on the street or anywhere else for that matter! It is a fact that the Rwandans take pride in their surroundings and are very industrious.
The very next thing I noticed is we had Paparazzi following us!
Everywhere you go in Rwanda, you can hear people shouting "Muzungu" it means white man (or woman) and it's obviously not something they see too often here hence the excitement.
What I find hilarious is the literal meaning of this word "Muzungu" it means
"to wander around aimlessly" I got a good chuckle out of that, I'm sure some would be offended but not me.
There were quite a few people we encountered that had never seen a white person before in their life!
Upon our arrival to the church there was a toddler who screamed bloody murder and cried when he saw us, he was so scared of us...it was very funny actually but we also felt sorry for the poor little guy!
The other was a very elderly woman who summoned us to her house when she heard we were in town visiting her congregation less than 1 mile from her house...When she saw us, she cried too! But believe it or not, these were tears of joy as she hoped to meet a white person before she died. We were flattered and amazed at the same time.
The boy on the left followed me around and would whisper in my ear with a huge smile "GIVE ME MONEY"...I think those were the only English words he knew.
I just loved this kid!
I was standing in the back of the church video taping when I got this shot.
This picture gives new meaning to the saying all eyes on me!
to be continued....
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