Amahoro (Peace)

Last Monday I began my art program with the kids! It has been so much fun an I am so thankful to my elementary school for making this happen. The kids are on break for 3 weeks and come everyday for two hours as we do art projects. They are teaching me colors in Kinyarwanda and the mothers have been teaching me words to use so that I can keep control of them. They are so amazing and I love walking in everyday to the center as they smile and run up yelling "Teacher!" so that we can begin and get crazy with paints. 

This past week I also realized that my time in Africa is almost up. I have 3 more weeks left and LOTS to get accomplished. On August 1st I will be going to Uganda

 for a week, so before I leave I must make sure that the market for the women is secured here in Kigali. I will be signing contracts with retailers and setting up my jewelry displays at each location this week. On August 9 KEZA is having our first Fashion Show presenting our Spring and Summer 2009 lines, Malikia, Umoja, and Shuja-ah. Time is about to fly by and before I know it I will be on a plane wrapping up my 2009 epic travels. Ireland, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Spain, Rwanda... It all flew by in the blink of an eye. In no time I will be driving across the country to Texas alongside my Dad as we take a father daughter roadtrip to College for the last time. I am so excited and although the last 8 months have been the best time of my life I can't wait to see all of my best friends again and celebrate our last year of college. 

On that note life after school has already been plaguing my mind. I have been applying for jobs left and right, researching different countries I want to live in and ultimately going on a spiritual journey to find the path I want to take for the rest of my life. I have been struggling with this a lot and praying for direction.

I can't explain it but in these past three days I found it. I found what I want to do with my life. 3 months in Rwanda I still had no idea until the past 72 hours. I traveled close to the border of Tanzania and had MY LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. I am not going to explain it now because I feel that I will only be able to devote myself to explaining all to you on my way home. I'll tell you this much, I have never in my life thought I would be part of something like this and that I would know so quickly what I was being called to. I now have peace of mind...

Amahoro. Urukumdo. Africa. <3

Erina