On Building a House

For those of you that don’t already know, our family is building a house here in Rwanda. It has been less than a year since we started, and it’s been so exciting to see it all coming together, especially over the past month or so. We are almost up to the roof now, and whenever we go to check the progress more and more has been done, getting us closer than ever to finishing it. To top it all off, the view from pretty much everywhere on our land is just gorgeous. We can clearly see several volcanoes out of the front and back yard, and the plots around ours are filled with beautiful, vibrant, green trees. The closer we get to finishing, the more excited I get!

An elevated perspective of of the front bit and the road outside. Karasimi, the tallest volcano, can be seen in the background. Also, would you just look at all those trees? It's perfect.

This is our guesthouse in the back.

A backyard with a view

I'm super excited about the fireplace in the livingroom!

VVA Festival Part 2

Remember how I said that I had more pictures from the VVA Festival that we had several weeks ago? Well I’ve finally gotten around to posting them. So here they are. Enjoy!

VVA Festival Part 1

A couple of weeks ago, we hosted our first, annual VVA Festival. We handed out invitations the week before, and quite a few people from our community (and outside of it) ended up coming. We planned for months in advance, and, to our delight, when the day came, everything worked out perfectly. No glitches or problems or anything of that sort. We had several different games, including a Ring Toss, Relay Race, Fishing Booth, Cake Walk, a Face Painting station, and more. We even hired someone from in town to bring his popcorn making machine and sell popcorn. After it was over, we all agreed that it had been a great success.

 

As always, I took a ton of pictures:

 

I took a ton of pictures throughout the afternoon, and have so many more to share (Hence the name, ‘Part 1’). Be on the lookout for another post with even more pictures soon!