Steve Arrives

Hi everyone!

Just a quick update. Steve (our biomed technician) arrived yesterday morning. Anita went to the airport with Esperance to meet him and take him back to the apartment to get settled. When she returned, we walked into centre town and discovered a great little restaurant (Bourbon cafe) with very good food even by Western standards. Thanks for the tip Patty although we did feel like we were cheating on our Rwandan experience by eating there :)


On our walk home, we got bumped into a fair bit in a crowd and then I realized our phone was missing - stolen I suspect although I can't rule out it being lost. We have been so careful with our money and passports but never imagined the phone being stolen since it seems that everyone has one. Talking to locals at work they said it is very popular to steal phones for the minutes. Now we know. Anyway, bought a new phone last night and are in the process of loading in all the numbers we need.

Today we worked at King Faisal hospital. Steve seemed to be having alot of fun exploring all the different types of equipment. When we got home, we had the bright idea to go for a run even thought Rwanda is the country of a Thousand Hills. Our short run turned into 47 min of some of the biggest hills I have walked let alone run. Anita and Steve led the way while I dragged my butt up the hills. Luckily there are many things I can blame my fatigue on inluding the hills, the altitude, the recent flu, etc and continue denying that I'm out of shape:) Regardless of the difficulty, it was still a lot of fun to run through the neighbourhoods. All the little kids chased us, laughing - I think they thought we were crazy english people....they might be right :)

All for now as we have to work on our teaching for tomorrow.

Janice