Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Adventures so far in brief

Since being connected with WV it has been very hard to stay in touch with you on the other side of the world. Not only are our days extremely long and tiresome, but the internet connection in the reception area where we have to log in now is very disheartening to deal with. Just to get here today has taken me over 30 minutes and when you are tired, dealing with a slow connection is the last thing you want to deal with! Listen to me complain when we have been surrounded by such profound poverty for over two weeks!

I have met 16/18 children so far and it has been an amazing experiance. Every meeting has been documented and so when I get home each of you will recieve a little rundown on your child and of course the great pictures that we have gotten of them. Every visit has been different because of course ever childs circumstance has been different but the one thing that remains the same is that almost all of them are very poor and in need of extreme help.

Yesterday was an awesome day for me as I met 2 sponsored children in the morning and had the most incredible meetings with them. One of them was my friend Tammy and Zack's little Jean and I have to say that the two of them were a complete inspiration to me. We laughed and shared through the translator and had a really good time and the sense of love and graditude that I got from them was huge! Tammy and Zack, you have an incedible child in Rwanda! The other incredible visit that really stuck out for me, was today. I met Angie and Ed's, Regis (yes I have an easier name for him!!!!!). After the initial exchange of information, I brought out the bag and and gave Regis his gifts and the light in that boys face when he saw the soccer ball was indescribable. Afterword, his mother refused to shake my hand and instead gave me the most incredible hug that I have ever had in my life! She would not let me go, she was crying and saying something in Kinyarwanda that I could not understand. Ed and Angie you must know that you have changed their lives incredibly and she is eternally grateful to you both.It is moments like this that reinstill for me why child sponsorship is so important. Please believe me when I say that so many of them have nothing and your $40.00/mnth can do incredible things for them.

I challenge all of you, to either sponsor a child, or tell someone you know to sponsor a child. There are over 3000 more children at the project that need sponsors and many that we have met, that were promised sponsors and do not have one. On Friday we will be meeting these children and I would love to be able to tell a couple of them that they have new and loving sponsors back in Canada. Go in with a group of friend contribute monthly and help to change a childs life. The possibilities are endless on what you can do with sponsorship. Do it with friends, family, be creative. Please contact me via email or Facebook.

World Vision is doing amazing and remarkable things in this country and I am very proud to be apart of this experiance!