the May 2008 Mission Team: Jerid, Jill, Bev, Darcee, Mike, Julia, Lisa, KaLia & Nate
family photo
Nate loves the cows- and his buddy Michael!
KaLia & Barbara
The boys of the Faith Home
check these boys out- so cool
Sprian & Lisa laugh in front of the Faith Home
Jerid, Steven, KaLia, Sprian (black jacket), Michael, Lisa, Nate, and all the other Fanta (soda) lovers
KaLia & her brother Michael
Mike's boys- Sprian, Amiable, Peter, Michael
the boyz!
Julia, Esther
Julia with her sponsored son Amiable
these kids are playing a game like marbles but with bottle caps
where's Nate? wherever there is dirt...
sweet girls
Darcee talks to Barbara & friends while Bev is talking with Esther
aren't digital cameras the best? checking out the photos...
KaLia with some of the girls from the New Life Home
Nate, Michael, & KaLia- yes, very cool.
Sprian, Erica, Ngoga, Peter and friends - it's Fanta time!
Ngoga's children: Erica, Kessy, Sammy
Steven is in awe of Sammy's coolness.
Sammy & Darcee- so cute together
Kessy & Jill
Now who's cool? Steven, the best driver in Rwanda...
waiting for lunch in the Dining Hall at Kayonza
Michael, Julia, Peter (green), waiting for lunch
playing basketball in Kayonza
Nate's got game! (well, the ball at least)
on the slide in Kayonza
women in the sewing program at the New Life Women's Center
women waiting to sign up for the training program at the Women's Center
KaLia gets her hair done in the salon training center at the New Life Women's Center
playing a game with street children at the feeding program
Theodonne
Theonest
KaLia playing with the kids at the feeding program
kids at the feeding program
Mike was arm wrestling with the kids
Nate found a buddy at the feeding program (he even let Nate "pummel" him)
foto! foto! (take my picture!)
the kids love to have their picture taken & will do whatever it takes to get your attention!
more acrobatics to get their picture taken- amazing!
street children worshipping
Jill, Nate, & Darcee help the children wash before their meal
waiting in line
Jerid, KaLia, & Bev serving food to the children
children enjoying their meal
in the background you can see the area where the carpentry training takes place (for older street children)
carpenters at work
Nate wants to drum!
The Dream Chapel under construction (May)
This is Gilbert. He used to be in the Kanombe Home, but he ran away after Innocent died. We found him on the streets.
Gilbert's friend came along with him. We took them to get some food.
Gilbert in the van.
Playing at the Kanombe Home
The boys were very happy to have this picture of Devota, James & Daniel (Devota was their former house mom- now in the US).
Eric (of the Kanombe Home) receives gifts from his sponsors
Nate gets in on the fun at the Kanombe Home by doing somersaults down the hill
this guy knows how to flip!
Mike had to get in on the acrobatics too!
Julia sharing gifts from Alaska with the Kanombe Home
Kanombe Home receiving the gifts Julia's church in Alaska sent
Acres of Hope
Ngoga, Mike, Bosco (lives on the property), and KaLia on the Acres of Hope
neighboring children on the Acres of Hope
more neighboring children (it is common for young girls to take care of their younger siblings)
The team visits the Esther Home
inside the Esther Home
outside kitchen
Barbara & her doll
Aunt Agnes of the Faith Home
another team came through Kayonza with the campaign "You are Beautiful". Here Michael gets ready to drum as the kids are going to dance for us all.
all the kids in the school fill this dining hall
doing a traditional dance with bells on their ankles (& pulling us in to dance with them!)
Enjoying a traditional Rwandan dance also means you have to become a part of it!
Go Jerid!
boys dancing
these are orphans from a different ministry. they had a special presentation for us with drumming, dancing, etc.
traditional Rwandan dance
walking & drumming with the drums on their head, this is actually a style from the neighboring country of Burundi
inside a large church, Nate gets his preach on (with a boost from KaLia)
view of the hillsides of Kigali
Nate gets a wash Rwandan style
the Missionary Guest House mascots: Bugs & Bonny Bunny
Nate pesters his buddy Jean Claude (from the Mission House)
Theo (of the Mission House)
Nate knows what you need to do with chickens! (In Rwanda, if you have chicken, it's fresh!)
Jean Pierre (cook for New Life staff) gave in to KaLia's nagging & brought her a pet chicken one day (after much convincing he finally agreed to cook it- that's life KaLia, sorry!)
Jean Pierre
Mike C., visiting from Seattle, Washington
the neighbor kids playing with Nate at the Mission House (Tony, Patrick...)
the kids were playing with a wig, and posing like the kids in Rwanda like to!
Nate has an obsession with tummy's - including his own
some days, you just gotta nap
this was a termite hatching- ewww!
KaLia gets to swim with her friend Glacier (with the other team that was there) at the Serena Hotel (in the rain)
they didn't care that it was raining, they only stopped because they were hungry!
prayer hut, a revival started here in the middle of the 20th century
outside the prayer hut, next to a secondary school
Nate & KaLia with their sister Christine
the neighbor, Ryan, and Nate liked playing together (they look very much alike!)
Nate swimming with his friend Ryan and Ryan's cousin Lisa
Nate & Ryan
jump in!
play ground next to the swimming pool
zzzzzz
Nate asleep on his brother Michael
look Mommy! Crested Crane!
crested cranes (real) next to Lake Muhazi
Birthday party for Christine & Michael
Nate, KaLia, John Africa (New Life Headmaster), Michael, Sarah, Christine, & Mike (eating hard Rwanda cake)
Nate took this picture- I like it
Nate took this picture too- that's his friend Isaac from the Free Spirit team (U.K.)
Nate hugging all his friends from the Free Spirit team
Free Spirit Team
master bedroom at the house we rented for July
KaLia & Christine's bedroom
dining area & sitting area
back yard (giant avocado tree)
our kitchen
the boys' room
back porch with the dog Nora
front of the house & our car
you see the dirt in the cracks of those feet? this kid does not like to wear shoes...
Peter, Michael, Nate, KaLia, Sprian, & Christine at the Acres of Hope
cows!
Sprian enjoyed our MP3 during his visit
Christine's smiling because Nate is the one taking these pictures
inside the Dream Chapel (July)
where the stairs will go of the Dream Chapel
Lisa, Nate, Peter, Mike, Christine, KaLia, Sprian
KaLia with Christine as she is learning to kick for swimming
Mike helping Christine learn to swim
keep trying Christine!
king of the pool
Nate with his sister Christine
Robert (works at the house) climbs the avocado tree
KaLia wants to climb this tree!
In the tree: Christine, Michael, Nate, KaLia. Watching: Jean Cloude (of the Faith Home)
Christine is smiling for the camera!!!
Nate being his goofy self
Jean Cloude, KaLia, Michael, Nate, Christine
Darius, Michael, Jean Cloude play soccer with the Kanombe Home
Christine & Nate using sidewalk chalk at the Kanombe Home
KaLia drew a giant airplane for Michael (he wants to be a pilot)
Christine's airplane
Jean Cloude
Robert & Nora
this is how Robert has to mow the grass, on his knees, Nate on his back, Nora chewing at his hands- that's hard work! (but for some reason he doesn't seem to mind!)
Michael's first time trying to swim- ni byiza (good job)!
do you see that determined face? this is why I call him Kumaramaza (Determination)
Nate's "swimming" too
Michael takes a break from swimming
Nate has to sit with the big boys
Venna of the Faith Home (Christine says KaLia looks like Venna)
Nate with his daily (or twice daily) yogurt!
Mike & Sprian (Nate took this- can you tell?)
KaLia & Nate like to visit the 2 cows in here
Rebecca & Bob's wedding
announcing the couple
Rebecca's crying as she walks out after the service (part one)
traditional basket dance (part two of the wedding)
how do they do that?
lots of dancing!
sharing a toast
the cakes (the place was full- I couldn't believe it was really going to be enough!)
showing wedding pictures to Steven & his fiance` Donna
Steven & Donna- happy couple
Christine & KaLia (right before they started throwing each other on the ground)
Nate gets a visit with his friend Emma
restaurants in Rwanda- there is no such thing as "fast" food
"we're soooo hungry!"
yeah!!! Food! Look at that big fish!
after the fish has been picked completely clean (Michael was glad to help Christine in her time of need)
Emma & Michael
Michael & Nate- aren't they cute!
KaLia gives hand washing clothes a try with Christine.
we visited the family Christine used to live with (before she came into the Kanombe Home)
visiting Michael's sister house (Michael's nephew Kenny has a bike- too big for him, too small for Nate)
Michael's sister, Mahoro
Michael, Lisa, Lilly (Michael's neice), Christine, Nate, Mahoro, Kenny, Mike, KaLia
Ngoga doing two things he likes very much- taking pictures & using the computer
the "always happy" Ngoga family! Kessy, Ngoga, Christine (different Christine), Sammy, & Erica
a bunch of crazy kids together!
Following a bicyclist down the small "road" to Christine's Aunt's house.
Outside her Aunt's house.
This was quite an event for all the neighbors!
Christine's Aunt, Christine, and her younger sister.
Ngoga & Mike went with Christine for this visit.
Mike working on the stairway in the Dream Chapel (New Life)
inside the Dream Chapel (two days before their first church service there)!
the stage of the Chapel
outside the new TTI office we are renting
our new office even comes with a cage for Nate- how convenient!
inside the TTI office
a smaller second room inside the office
the Ngoga family's new home (next to our office)
Michael is 15- can you tell he wants to drive?
right before we went to the airport- Robert, Mike, Michael, Christine, Lisa, Nora, Nate & KaLia
after 36 hours of traveling you might fall asleep like this too!
