Unfortunately, I don't have much in the way of new news. I have been stuck at home sick for the past couple of days, which of course makes the whole world feel extremely small.
My roommate is doing pre-research for her dissertation on the reconciliation process in Rwanda. So, on Thursday, I went with her to get her permits from various ministries all around the city. The first one that we visited was at the big soccer stadium where the Rwandan Army is camped out and training for the upcoming Liberation Day Parade. Although that celebration is on July 4th, I don't expect it will be anything like our Independence Day. No fireworks, but there will be military parades. Liberation Day here is a marker for when the RPF reached Kigali and stopped the Genocide, and now the RPF is in power, so I expect that it will mostly be a show of their military prowess. All I know for sure, is that I have never seen as many huge guns in my life as I did at the stadium on Thursday.
Of course, I couldn't take pictures then, so instead the attached photo is of the porch at my house. My Mom has been begging me to send her pictures of where I live, so I posted a lot of my pictures to my flickr account. Here is the address: flickr.com/photos/josssutton/
Hopefully things will get more noteworthy soon - hopefully I will be able to leave the house today . . .
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