starting to feel a love-hate relationship with my airplane ticket

Two more weeks. Not enough. And yet, I cant say I'm sad to go back to Oklahoma because I am really excited to see my family again! Mom and dad and jesse will be in OK, as well as matthew and adam, so our family will be together! This happens maybe twice a year...Xmas and summer. SOOO, as much as I hate knowing that my time in Rwanda is winding down and as much as I say that I wish to say, I also have this realization that I will be happy whereever I am.
ANyway...Rwanda has been just as amazing as always. I dont want to spend too much time now, so I'll continue to save the funeral story for another day so I have time to get all the details down.
This past week we've once again enjoyed teaching english conversation and having really amazing spiritual conversation with our students! one of our classes kept asking us questions and we talked a lot about heaven and what happens when we die and what rwandan traditional culture believes about death and ghosts and spirits and how those traditional beliefs compare to and/or combine with Christian beliefs.
Some of our students, Nelson, Vedaste and Aimable, took us on a walk up to the top of one of the hills from where we could see most of the city and even as far out as they're planning to develop the city. Nelson pointed out everything he could of! Even all the different plants we walked by and all the different buildings and disctricts we could see. The hill is called Rebero, and at the top they are in the process of building a very nice looking resort. We stopped up there to have some drinks and good conversation with the boys.
yesterday there was an open house for the international school that the Jenkins are starting. It was the first time I had ever seen the very beginning of a school, so it was really exciting! So now I'm gonna use this oppurtunity to advertise: if there is anyone who might be interested in teaching at an international school in rwanda, let me know! They are still looking for teachers, mainly for secondary school, but they will take anything they can get...qualified of course.
well, I have so much to tell and too little time to write it all, so i'm gonna go now and hopefully find more time later to write more.
God bless you all! Imana iguhe umugisha!