Espoir FC

Yesterday the group was invited to Bugarama church, where we yet again saw a very different service from that which you would see in the UK. The service consisted of a lot of praying, preaching, playing music and reading blessings. We read the blessing that we read last week, and Jack played drums with the choir; but with sticks off the trees instead of real drumsticks.

Half way through the service Mrs Hunter had to leave. It made us all sad to see her go and she seemed upset too, but that was maybe just the thought of going back to work! At the end of the service the whole congregation waved at us, and the Pastor asked us to pass the greetings of everyone present on to everyone back in Aberdeen.

After refreshments and a brief chat with the Pastor, we went for lunch at a hotel opposite the school. The food was very good, and for 5 meals with drinks it was only £9! We then went to see Meave’s sponsored children’s parents. Although at first we felt guilty turning up, shaking hands, taking pictures and leaving; when we thought about it, we realised that Meave’s family has changed their children’s lives, and the families were probably really pleased to meet her.

The visits were very emotional, so afterwards it was good to unwind at a football match. We went to Stade Rusizi and saw Espoir FC, a team from Rwanda’s equivalent of the Premiership, beat Bukavu-Dawa from DRC. It was a very different stadium from the likes of Pittodrie, the pitch was very bobbly and there were no seats for the crowd. The game finished with a win for the home side, and we headed back to St Francois through a thunderstorm that had sprung up out of nowhere as the final whistle went.

Today we go to buy goats for the families of our sponsored children. These only cost about £20 each but can make a massive difference to a family’s life. If you would like to help towards the cost of this you can donate using our PayPal page.
Lots of love from Team Rwanda 2014

Jack, Callum, Meave, Shannon

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

(And Ms Rigby)