A Fun Filled Weekend

We are in our last few weeks in Bukoba.  In fact, we've got 19 days left.  It is hard to believe that it's almost over.  We are so excited to head home and see our friends and families.  But we are full of mixed emotions about leaving the school and the students we have come to love.

We are spending our last few weeks doing as many fun things as we can with the kids.  This past weekend was packed!  The morning started with the running club's 5k race.  The girls have been training since January.  They were so nervous but excited.  Of course the whole school came out to cheer them on.  I was so proud of how well they did.  One of my favorite parts is to see how they support each other.  The girls who had finished already, ran back to meet the last few girls and supported them to the finish line.  They are such a great team.

After the race, we celebrated with lunch at a local hotel which also has the only pool in town.  The girls loved the food and spent hours jumping in and out of the pool.  We were able to do all of this because of the support we had from my parent's church.  They gave generously to supply the running club with clothes and shoes.  And they allowed us to use the extra funds to celebrate.

Finally, we closed out the day with our final dance.  Nino was so scared the first time we had one of these.  There were too many people and the music was too loud.  But now he is totally comfortable and dances his heart out.  I'm very sad to think about him leaving all of these wonderful friends he has made.  I hope we've taken enough pictures for him to be able to remember it all.

We leave Bukoba on June 12.  From there, we'll spend a couple of weeks traveling and end up back in the States on July 3.  It has been a difficult but amazing experience. We're so glad to have had this opportunity.