This morning started with a 6 mile hike through a rice plantation which started at 6:20am for Zoe, Dana, Brian, Nir (the village director), and me.
The scenery was beautiful, as expected. One interesting thing that happened on this hike, was that a wild rabbit was running for his life as a dog was chasing the rabbit, shortly behind the dog was a boy running with a long club yelling at the dog in Kinyarwanda. Lunch, perhaps? It was an interesting sight to see as the chase was just a few feet from us.
After the hike we started to do laundry so that we could leave clean clothes behind for the children. It was another fun experience, but we cut it short so that we could do some real work. So we split up, and I headed back to the Accounting office to provide more training and support.
We had lunch and dinner with the children.
Just before dinner tonight we attended "Village Time" an event on Friday evenings where all the children get together and reflect on the events that happened during the week. The Liquidnet Family was invited to speak and we all gave a few words about our experiences during the week. I threw out the invitation to come up to me after village time was over so we could exchange emails. I received about a half dozen emails and a heartfelt note that I will share with everyone during the upcoming Lunch 'n Learn back at the office.
After dinner there was a dance, and in true Liquidnet style, we all participated.
Doing the work here is one thing, but connecting with the children here is a whole experience in itself. Liquidnet village people alumni have told me that visiting the ASYV would be a life changing experience.
I now truly understand what they meant by that.
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