Update

Hello everyone,
Today is Sunday. This past week has been great. On Wednesday evening it was Levi's naming ceremony. Every baby born in Rwanda must have a Rwandan name. Christy and Brain picked the name that translates to "blessing" in English. A dance was done imating a cow. It was very interesting. On Friday we went to the Genocide Memorial. It was very touching and emotional. One section of it had some bones from mass graves from the genocide. A young girl started crying when she went into the room. Yestarday I became sick. Christy says most people get sick just from the difference in food. I enjoy the Africa food although the spices are different. I threw up yestarday and this morning I woke up with a slight fever and a headache. It is getting better though. I am taking lots of medicine. Please pray that I get better and then remain healthy for the rest of my trip. Today we are leaving to go see the gorillas. It is about a two hour drive up to the mountains. Tomorrow morning we will hike up to see them. I am really excited about this. This morning church was very different from what I am use to back in the states. They have praise choirs and instruments. It is very loud and there is lots of clapping. During certain prayers, everyone would pray out loud at once so it was very choatic. The worship service lasted two hours. Christy plans on taking us to the Village Church which is the lower income church and another Africa church so we got the whole experience of many different Africa churches. Thursday we went up to the school where Brian works. There is about 100 kids at the school. About 1/3 of the kids are Rwandan, another third American and another third is from all across the world. We went to a soccer game that night. The excitement was intense. Soccer to them is like football to us. I am so grateful for this opportunity. So far it has been amazing. Please pray for our health, and safety as we travel. Thank you so much! God Bless- Whit :)