So this morning we got a note from our contact in the New Zealand offices of GVN giving us the names of two previous Rwanda volunteers. Funny enough - one of them goes to school at one of the assistant's alma maters!! We sent them an email this morning and cannot wait to hear back from them about their experiences and advice for Rwanda.
In other news, the word is slowly leaking through my (Asst 1) firm about my departure at the end of November. The reactions from people have truly surprised and amazed me. I knew this was my workplace and my home here in DC - but people have been so happy and excited for me and sad to see me go. Truly - two people have gotten teary. I guess I just wasn't expecting that. I'm not really the type of person that needs confirmation on people's feelings about me or to validate what I'm doing - but this just makes me so excited! That may sound funny, but let me explain. It makes me feel excited that people will be watching what I'm doing in Africa. They'll be watching as I blog and write and email about the situation there and hopefully, they'll care enough about me to turn that observing into action. My hope is that they'll be attuned to a whole new life situation and will go on the journey with me.
I suppose that's partially what this blog is about. We want our friends and family to have access to us - being thousands of miles away and all - but we also want them to experience what we're doing in Rwanda and the people whose lives we're touching. Hopefully, we'll inspire others to action or to pursue more information about a situation that inspires them. Hopefully, our action to 'live out loud' will inspire others to do the same... in whatever way they want to.
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