When I studied abroad in Rwanda this past summer, my program created a Facebook group that included all the Mizzou students, as well as our...

Wednesday, July 20 Today was the real transition between Rwanda and Kenya. Although there were differences between Kigali and Nairo...

Tuesday, July 19 Today we transitioned from Rwanda to Kenya. At the start of the day, I only had four things left on my to-do list with Mo...

Monday, July 18 I had breakfast at Umubano Hotel with my mom again this morning. It’s a wonderful buffet with assorted meats, pastries (in...

Sunday, July 17 Today was my first full day with Mom in Rwanda! When she found out I had been accepted to the study abroad program in Marc...

Friday, July 15 As you know from my previous post , I was pretty distraught about missing the Harry Potter premiere while in Africa. (I kn...

Thursday, July 14 This morning was a little chaotic, as our post-tea break schedule did not go according to plan. In the morning, a man fr...

Wednesday, July 13 A lot of interesting things happened today, so I will try to be concise and break up this post with subheadings: From...

Sorry I am so far behind with my writing. But my goal is to catch up before August 1 because: 1) I head back to school on August 5 and ...

Monday, July 11 After a busy and emotional weekend, we returned to our normal schedule of morning lectures at IGSC. The religious discussi...

Sunday, July 10 Today continued our weekend of thought-provoking memorial sites and harsh reminders of the reality of the genocide. Today ...

Friday, July 7 I had been looking forward to the Friday lectures because our guest speaker was Margee Ensign, the president of American Un...

Thursday, July 7 Today, we had the opportunity to visit an open market in Kigali. Exciting! There were so many sights and sounds and smel...

Wednesday, July 6 Now that we had already been to the CLNG building once (where our classes are located) , a few members of the group deci...