Here's a round-up of our Rwandan Christmas so far!
On Monday, it was Christmas at LLCCM. All of the LLCCM-sponsored children came for a morning of worship, Christmas songs and celebrations. However, before they arrived, we got stuck in with preparing the lunch...
Chopping cabbages and tomatoes Rwandese-style!
The children arrived and we firstly began by explaining some of the Christmas decorations.
Describing 'snowmen' to a group of Rwandese children was pretty difficult since none of them had ever encountered the concept of snow before. And explaining that Father Christmas has a sleigh pulled by flying reindeers was met with both laughter and confusion...especially when I had to describe a reindeer. 'It's a like a cow...with big horns...' Cue hysterical laughter from all the children!
We then taught them Silent Night...in three different languages. Firstly, the Kinyarwanda version (after struggling to stick the lyrics on the wall).
Then the English and German versions.
The children absolutely loved singing the song in different languages and picked up the words surprisingly quickly. I still can't get my head around the Kinyarwanda words!
We danced, ate rice and beans, cultivated cabbages for each child to take to home, took photos and generally had a day of celebration. Happy Christmas LLCCM!
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