Day 24

We started our day by returning to PHARP to get the remaining gifts and clothes people had ordered. They welcomed us again with dance and song and we were told that the translation meant they were embracing us there and showing joy of our unity as God has bought us together again. People tried on their tailor made clothes and showed them off to the group, they all looked lovely. We attempted to sort out the gifts that were made for sale at St. Johns. As we were leaving Julienne presented us all with traditional Rwandan outfits. Skirts and tops for the girls and shirts for the boys. We proudly modelled them all for the workers of PHARP to see their handy work. Anastace then took us to see the new PHARP building which is in the process of purchasing. It wasn't far, it's 79 Um Inshuti not far from the national stadium. The building is much larger than what they have now and the grounds outside are more spacious. There was an overall good feeling about the new building and we were pleased to see Anastace showing it off so proudly.

We went for lunch in the town of Kigali to the Simba café. AT 4pm Bishop Samuel had asked us to go to Gikondo. However, he hadn't told us why so we were all guessing what may have lay ahead. He had organised a farewell ceremony with the closest people we were fortunate enough to form a closer friendship with. They offered us biscuits, muffins and refreshments. After giving a few speeches of their gratitude of our hard work and our thanks to them for offering us the wonderful opportunity we were all presented with a gift. This was a friendship basket, which is told to hold our secrets of relationships and friendships. We were all very moved by this generous gesture. We were then taken to the next building, which is the school for the mentally disabled where there was a large audience watching different performances. We were seated at the front and watched groups sing and two dance acts. A prayer was then said for all of us to wish us a safe journey and to express that our friendship, once formed will never be forgotten or broken no matter how many miles there are between us. This whole evening became very sentimental and will be cherished by all of us.