The month of August!

Yvette and I.  She just did my finger nails.  She has just started a small business doing people's finger nails and toe nails.  Thanks to all of you who donated nail polish for her.

Below is Yvettes house.  She lives here with her older brother Ivan, and another brother and his wife.

My friend Meghan (who came to visit in July) donated money (with the help of some of her friends from Ontario) to help Yvette and her brothers get a new roof and cement the inside of her home!!  I hope to get an updated picture of her home before we leave!

Ubuzima!  Not all, but here are some of the men and women that are part of this group.  There are just over 80 people that are a part of Ubuzima.  Mark and I love spending time with these incredible people.  We are bringing home a bunch of things to sell that they have made and are excited to be able to continue to help support them while we are back in Canada!

This little guys Mom is apart of Ubuzima.  Adorable!

Mark and Valance on the bunkbed Mark made for him!

Truck load of furniture Mark built.  On our way to bless a family with a table, chairs, shelves. 2 single beds and a bunk bed.  Thanks to my brother Mark and his wife Kristy and my mom and dad who donated all the money we needed to build these things!

They used to sit on the ground to eat or do homework.

First night to ever sleep in a bed.  It makes your heart ache thinking about.

The Orphanage.   It was great to have Evelyn and Ian there to meet everyone and help make necklaces and bracelets.

Mark and his Dad building a table for one of the former street boys. 

The water walk in the village of Kayonza with Mark's parents.

A neat stop on the way up to the Kiziba refugee camp. It's a 3 hour drive from Kigali. (one of the most beautiful drives we have ever been on)

Market in the Kiziba camp.  People come from outside of the camp to sell fruits, vegetables and assorted items. 

A stretcher in the hospital at the Refugee Camp. 

An organization within the camp, Jeunesse Chretienne Mission (JCM). JCM works with youth and raises money by running a cell phone charging booth, as well as a hair salon.  There is no electricity in the camp, so people will pay around .30 cents Canadian to get their cell phone charged and .50 cents to get a hair cut.  A few years ago International Teams donated a generator so that JCM could start these businesses.

A street in the Camp.

After a busy week in Rwanda with Mark's parents the four of us went to Kenya (Mombasa) for a relaxing 4 days.  When Ian and Evelyn headed back to Ontario, Mark and I headed to Malindi for a week by ourselves.

Tsavo East Safari!!!  We had an amazing day. Saw so many different animals.  The Lions, Cheetahs and Elephants were our favorites!

 

 We stopped off at a Masai Village in Mombasa.  The Masai continue to live traditionally.  They are nomadic and live off of the cattle the own.  They move as they need to in order to allow their cattle to continue to graze. 

The beach in Mombasa.

Malindi

Our 2nd Wedding Anniversary.  I love this man! God

has sure blessed me.