It seems the weekends in Kibungo are not that exciting. We stayed around the house, and although I felt my time was extremely productive, I would also not consider it eventful. Again, I read a lot, watched several movies, and practiced my French on the Rosetta Stone program (it makes learning French a game!). I also started working with the footage I shot throughout the week. Lama has been translating it with me, and I’ve been editing some and I think I have enough to make a really nice piece. I will post it once I am done. I personally think the footage looks incredible, and I don’t think it’s because of anything I’m doing right, I just think the light in Africa is spectacular. I can’t wait to shoot more and keep editing.
Sunday morning the three of us sat down and wrote out everything that we want to achieve and everything that needs to happen for us to reach our goals. We wrote out on index cards the weeks we have left along the top, and the categories along the side and then everything else in between. It is helpful because it puts everything in order and we can keep on track along with our deadlines and get our projects done, but at the same time, it seems to shrink the trip into nothing. It feels like everything is on top of us and our time here is over already, even though we still have two months. Still, I’m grateful that we have an “action plan”. The reason that is in quotes is because everyone we meet in Rwanda loves action plans. So many people use that phrase it has become hilarious to us. We sit and discuss our ideas and they say, “Yes, this is great, but you need to write it into an action plan”. Everything needs a written action plan, so it’s a good thing we’ve got one.
We worked all day that day, together and individually, so when 4 pm rolled around Lama suggested we take a walk and get a drink. We walked a direction we’ve never been and sat on a nice outdoor patio inside a straw hut and had a cold Mutzig. There was a wedding reception there too, and everyone was clapping and dancing and it looked to be a lot of fun. The three of us get to go to a Rwandan wedding next weekend for a friend of Lama’s and I can’t wait. Again, our evening was chilled and we each did our own work, ate dinner together, and went to bed. A very relaxing, productive weekend.
