Soccer, Oprah and a Prayer

I am realizing more and more that having little bits of America is more precious to me than I thought. This morning the KICS teachers accompanied Kyle Beard to a Rwanda ladies Pro-soccer game. Kyle was scouting out the players to add to his Rwanda Ladies National team. Being the Soccer pros that we are, we were a lot of help scouting out girls. (Not at all)

Occasionally, we peered over our People, Oprah and TIME magazines to check out the game. Unfortunately for Kyle, a friend of ours had just given us a massive stash of American magazines.

In all honesty the game was fascinating and I met a 12 year old Rwandan girl who became a quick friend. The two of us had a good conversation. She asked me why I loved Rwanda, she told me that she loved to draw, I told her that Rwandans are strong people and have a great desire for peace and growth. She asked me to pray for her as she will be taking the national exams very soon. This exam is extremely important for Rwandan sixth graders. If a sixth grader does not do well on the National Exam, they will not move on to Secondary school and the chances of economic growth in their family is slim.

Pray for Rwandan youth, they are the future of this country.