Hometown Post - Rwanda

Happy day after Labor Day all. I hope you had a great 3 day weekend. I have to admit I am feeling a bit sad that Labor Day signals the official end to summer 2012. However, a super cute wedding on Saturday that included a sushi food truck at the reception and a yummy dessert table filled with chocolate-covered cheesecake on a stick helped me get over the end of summer blues. Wedding post re-cap tomorrow :-)

Back when Tiff featured me on her blog, I mentioned my hometown series post and Elise contacted me about it. She is currently living in Rwanda, so grab your passport or apply for one now through the State Department. Enjoy reading about Rwanda through Elise's eyes included in the series, From My Hometown to Yours.

Hey there! My name is Elise and I blog over and Forever Changed. I’m a pretty ordinary girl, I have an amazing family, a best friend, a sweet dog, I run for fun (and yes, I rhymed on purpose), chocolate chip cookies are my weakness, I love Christmas, and I have a bucket list that I take pretty seriously. Despite all this ordinariness I have an extraordinary purpose, perfectly designed by God, that has led me to move to Rwanda to work in an orphanage with over 500 children that has forever changed my life.  Blogging is my way of documenting this crazy journey that is my life and I would like to invite you to land of a thousand hills, also known as Rwanda, also known as

my home. Before your trip you will need to prepare yourself for a lot of bus travel, breathtaking sights, and for your heart to break when you have to leave, because this place is just that powerful...

Our itinerary: 

Go to the Genocide Museum in Kigali and get a whole new perspective 

Have an adventure on a canopy walk in Nyungwe forest

Get our animal fix by going on a gorilla tour

Visit Noel Orphanage in Nyduo where I volunteer and love on some kids

Watch the kids football match

Ride jet skis on Lake Kivu 

Eat at the three decent American like restaurants and the one decent Rwandan restaurant 

Ride motos to town where we will eat the most delicious bananas and buy some souvenirs for family and friends  

Have a tearful goodbye at the airport 

I can't promise that you will get to see everything, I can't promise that the weather will cooperate, I can't promise that the food will be amazing but I can promise that you will fall in love with the people and country of Rwanda and you will leave changed for the better. 

Thank you so much Elise for this wonderful post. I seriously do wish I could fly over right now and visit you, I could hope on a plane, my passport is current.  It is awesome God placed the people of Rwanda on your heart and you are living out His will for you. 

If anyone else is interested in writing about your hometown to be included in this series, please contact me at megmouch(at)gmail(dot)com