A Wonderful Wedding

Wow, what a wonderful event this was. On Saturday, the 13^th August, our much-loved former house leader, Riccardo, got married, and even in his home country, Rwanda. Ricc came to us around 16 years ago. He had seen his father and siblings killed in the genocide when he was still very young and since the mother was missing, assumed he had no family left. It was after he had been with us for a good number of years, that the amazing news came through that his mother had been found and had arrived at the house of his uncle in Rwanda. This was too good to be true. A wonderful benefactor who knew about this, paid for a trip for him to return to his home country and be reunited with his mother, after so long. An amazing story. It was only fitting, when he decided to get married, that he should return to his home country to get married there, according to his country customs, and of course even with his mother present. It was a very, very special occasion and to make it even more special, our USA volunteer, Paige, and Diana even flew up for the wedding. The pictures below show some of the joy of the occasion. We wish Riccardo and his lovely wife everything of the best for their future.