When we will meet again
It’s been a long time since I last updated. A hiatus of sorts for me, let’s say. One of the things I have been eager to post is the school anthem written by the kids. I just got the audio file the other day and here it is.
Please listen. It is immensely beautiful and incredibly powerful. I hope it moves you in the way it did me. Read the translation below and you can begin to grasp the amazing individuals we have here. It’s difficult to imagine what it must take to write words like these.
On a personal note, my time at Agahozo-Shalom will be coming to a close next week after a year in Rwanda. I will be traveling to Israel, India, and South Korea for five weeks to visit family and friends before finally returning to California on October 14 and starting to look for a new job in earnest. (If you know of any interesting opportunites in New York or San Francisco, I would love to hear about them).
As I prepare to leave, there is much to do, but I hope to follow soon with many more photos, stories, and reflections from this year.
When We Will Meet Again
I am longing to meet you, my lovely parents,
We shall meet when I have resurrected the whole family,
I am missing my lovely parents.
We shall rejoice together when we meet again,
With friends and relatives,
Parents and children,
Those who separated.
Even me, I will meet my father
and we shall rejoice again.
Daddy and mommy, you left me when I was very young,
But it wasn’t your wish.
You left an incomplete work,
But don’t worry, I am alive and alright.
Not all people are bad,
Now I have other parents
Who welcomed me,
They are lovely and merciful parents,
Please let’s join hands together to thank them
For the wonderful love they show us.