These stones honor our Williamsport visitors.
Here’s a stone added to the Path to Learning this month but commissioned last month. This stone is honoring the group from SUNY Buffalo and Haiti.
New friends and old friends
Friends came from the Kiskiminetas Presbytery in Pennsylvania.
My children sing: “Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver the other gold.”
My friendship with is Betty Grunstra “pure gold.” She is a long-standing friend.
Two new friends are Natalie Jaworskyj and Rev. Dr. Donald Wilson, general presbyter of the Kiskiminetas Presbytery, PCUSA.
They are new to our family. We welcome them.
August Newsletter
Change in procedure: As visitors are prominent early in the newsletter, I thought it best to introduce them first.
Anna Symons arrived Aug. 7. She came to Urukundo through indiGO Volunteers. She will serve at Urukundo Foundation for 23 days. The day care and Learning Center are her interests. Anna is a medical student at the University of Bristol in England.
Sarah Smith a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, arrived August 9. Sarah will spend 22 days at Urukundo Village. Sarah’s degree is in accounting. This is Sarah’s second visit to Urukundo Foundation. 
The last Sunday in July we welcomed Tom MacGregor and his family to Urukundo Village. Tom was taking our visitor, Charlotte to his home in Kigali to help her reach the airport at a “too early” hour in the morning. Tom and Char are both from England and are good friends.
Tom has a lovely wife Ritah and two daughters, Kiza and Tona. Charlotte was a delight, sharing her time with Tom’s family and Urukundo’s family.
The girls had a good time in mama’s toy room.
Char was a welcomed volunteer.
Kevin Castle, our Rwandan volunteer, returned for the second time to spend time with Urukundo’s kids during his and their school break. Kevin is a university student in Kigali.
Patricia, better known as Trish, and Marvin Scott arrived at our village Aug. 20. They are world
travelers and interested in new adventures. It was our pleasure to have them include Urukundo in interesting places to visit while in Rwanda. We welcome them as part of the friends of Urukundo Foundation/Hope Made Real. We thank Tom MacGregor of Azizi Life for making them aware we are in Rwanda. Jean Marie, Executive Director for Urukundo, helped me welcome them.
School Break
School break is time to play and just have fun. During school breaks, volunteers are such a blessing.
Sarah and Anna share in a hot game of Clue. Board games are enjoyed by the older group.
Clue moved to the porch. David was the winner. 
Kevin Castle and younger group are more interested in artwork. Coloring is the purest form of artwork when you are under 6 years.
Visiting and having lunch at the university house was a special treat during this break time.
July Newsletter
Lovely tribute to Urukundo:
Dear Mama,
I sincerely apologize for such a late follow-up. I was actually sitting in the Paris airport on my way back when I had originally sent this email with pictures, but for some reason it did not send. I wanted to thank you again for such an amazing experience; the love and kindness I received from Urukundo truly reaches beyond borders.
I have shared my experiences with many, and more importantly shared the new values and morals I learned with your community. The experiences I had will last a lifetime, and I am eager to return. I hope all is well. Tell the kids I said hello! And finally here are the pictures that were long promised....
God bless,
Peter
Visitors in July
Urukundo was very happy to welcome Bill Graf and some of his family members. Bill was instrumental in the first land purchase Urukundo made in 2007. That was when we bought land to house our chickens. In a short time, the land became the site of Urukundo Village and Urukundo Learning Center.
Pastor Alexi from the United Methodist Church in Kigali accompanied our guests. The visit was short but so appreciated.
Bill was accompanied by relatives Carolyn Graf from Sarasota, Florida, USA, and Steve Graf from Warner Robins, Georgia, USA.
Breakfast in Mama’ s home.
Janette is teaching Carolyn a new dance step
Janette is telling Jacob, “NO, NO don’t dance like that.
Do it like this.”
David is on the drum
Volunteer from England
Charlotte Earl is a student nurse from England with a love for children and a heart of gold. 
Charlotte came for 19 days to volunteer at the Urukundo Learning Center. She and the kids connected with love and activities. She was a most welcome volunteer. She advanced our health program at the school, shared devotions in the evening with the home kids and monitored exams at the primary school. She had a busy time while she was with us. Love you, Charlotte. Mama & kids.
Hope Made Real board members visit
In the middle of the month, more volunteers arrived.
Carol Falke and Marilyn Ely are time-honored visitors to Urukundo. Marilyn first came when we were in Kibirige. Carol first came in 2011, and this was her eighth time to spend with us.
Carol is president and Marilyn is treasurer of Hope Made Real, which is our nonprofit 501(c)(3) in the USA.
Marilyn, left, and Carol loved their time with the children.
Marilyn learned new rules to an old game.
Carol and company made books using stickers to decorate the books.
Not only were Carol and Marilyn at Urukundo, but so was Margie Krogh, secretary of Hope Made Real and from Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, USA. She’s at left in the first row of the photo.
Imagine three Hope Made Real board members at Urukundo at one time!
We are honored by their presence.
The other two guests in the photo are Latha Bhagavatula, wife of the new director for Carnegie Mellon University-Africa in Kigali and at right in the photo, and Cheryl Mutabazi, back from Australia, and in the center of the back row.
A special visitor for Carol
This young man from Kigali, Rwanda, is a student at Penn State University, located in Carol’s hometown. He has been kind enough to bring a gift from Carol to Rwanda.
He honored Carol by visiting her at Urukundo Village.
Thank you, Emmy Muhoza.