These are pics I took on our rural church visit in Rwanda. The children were beautiful and super interested in our presence there. This is a typical way in which they carry babies both in Uganda and Rwanda, and I've never seen an upset baby, only content little faces looking observing the world and enjoying the ride. I like how the feet just kinda pop out and bobble around too.



This was after church when I met the drummer (bottom right) who is also the pastor's kid. He was super nice and we exchanged looks throughout the service every time he started to play. I went up to him afterward, thanked him for playing and asked if I could play along with him. I ended up playing for a bit, then he showed me the kind of rhythm they are used to. Evidently my muzungu rhythm wasn't what they were used to, explaining why when I encouraged them to dance they stared at me funny and acted a bit awkward. Sebastian (pastor's kid) then took over and they all began hopping around and laughing as they danced together.
This was a super cute little girl (obviously) that came in in the middle of the service to be with the kids up at the front of the church. There was no sense of interruption in the service, to the extent that twice the preachers cell phone rang when he was talking and he proceeded to answer it and have a brief conversation, or a congregation member would have something to tell him and they would simply walk up and whisper into his ear as he was leading the service. A bit different than home indeed.