So much to talke about!

It is my first chance to blog since in Rwanda and so much has happened! From sorting nuts and worms out of chimpanzee poop to dancing in the night club! Today we went on a trek and saw wild mountain gorillas! We were so close to them, it was amazing! They preceeded to eat eucaliptis trees and scratch their butts [that's for you, Dad] while we watched in amazment and snapped photos and videos. The people here are amazing and make me realize the trueness in the cliche phrase people pass around telling us to be thankful for what we have. The women carry very possilbly over fifty pounds on their heads with no hands, carrying baskets in their hands and babies on their back. They walk miles to and around plantations harvesting by hands, hauling all the harvest on their backs in gigantic baskets. Vehicles are extremely few here so the people walk everywhere and stare at our truck as we drive by. As soon as they see us they scream, ''muzungo'' which means white, and the children smile and wave chasing after us. The people here are beautiful and smile wide smiles and wave anytime we wave at them as we pass by. They have close to nothing yet they seem so happy and kind that you begin to wonder why we have so much stuff. Children holler, ''agacupa'' which means little bottle at us and when we give them our water bottles they find so much excitment in a little plastic thing that we throw around like any other garbage we have.
We have visited a school and learned dances from children and taught them the hokey-pokey which they learned fast and giggled through especially when we put our butts in and shook them all around. I also partook in the Rwanda version of duck-duck-goose which I was laughed at as I was chased and ran around a big circle of children on uneven terrian. In their version, the person going around the circle has to chant and I wouldn't be suprised if a lot of those giggles were at my pronunciation. I said hello to some girls today in Kinyarwanda which is the language here, ''muraho'' and they giggled and spoke to each other suprised I spoke the language. Don't ask me to say anything else though because that is about the extent of my Kinyarwanda skills :] This week we will be teaching a conservation song in the schools about helping the apes here and partaking in some art for the Art of Conservation which teaches about conservation through art. It has been an amazing week and I don't doubt this one will be just as amazing.
Much Love from Ruhengeri, Rwanda!