19. John Arrives!

Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015

Same day as our visit to Patrick's home, but in the evening, John arrived and we finally got back together again as a family-of-four. Isaac and Naomi were, of course, so glad to have their Dad back, and I was, of course, grateful, too, for numerous reasons. Not the smallest was simply to be able to begin sharing the experiences here directly, instead of through hit-and-miss phone calls and emails.

John's "delayed departure" from the US became part of the plan as we realized (sometime in September) that there was a significant discrepancy between how soon John's work meetings would be completed and when Isaac and Naomi needed to be starting school in Rwanda. Delaying Isaac and Naomi's start in school any further would have meant not only starting mid-year, but mid-term for Green Hills School. So we decided on the staggered 'move schedule', which also provided some advantages in terms of Ruth Ann being able to send word to John about "what else to bring."
[Author: Ruth Ann]

John arriving at Kigali International Airport! (It's about 8pm)

Next day (Nov. 16) - celebration of John's arrival at Shokola restaurant in Kimihurura. In the background you see the beautiful panorama of the lights of Kigali. The restaurant is entirely "open-air" on one side.