You could tell he earns more money than Chesie's dad because the house is much nicer and they had couches, love seat, and chair - all soft. Innocent was not there when we arrived but his brother-in-law, Simone, was there to greet us. Simone is a student in Kigali but had come to have lunch with us. Simone told us that he is 22 and was born during the genocide. Rachel knows he is an orphan so he was born and then his parents were killed soon after. Simone is studying business information services. He talked a lot about how much he loves Rwanda and how secure it is but how it needs more education and health services.
Innocent came probably 45 minutes after we got there. Rachel said that he was shy. His English was not as good as Simone's but easy enough to understand.
Innocent's wife brought out the lunch of isombe, rice, French fries, meat. Her isombe tasted just a little different from Chesie's but was good. Just as we started to eat, the pastor came by to greet us and eat. When he walked in, I said softly, "Poor Joe." This man's body odor preceded him. Probably the worst I have smelled so far. "Poor Joe" because at Chesie's house the assistant executive of the cell came by to greet us and eat. The seat they gave her was right by Joe. Her smell turned Joe's stomach and he couldn't eat. Same thing with the pastor. The pastor "dined and ditched" which was a good thing for Joe.
After talking a few minutes after lunch, we headed outside to take pictures before leaving. When we walked out, there was a young woman with a baby on her back staring at us (the Rwandan stare at white people) non-stop and without moving. She must have stared for 15 minutes without moving.
So, then off for the walk home. Not hard - basically all downhill.
I don't have any pictures of this gathering on my phone but here is one of what it looks like from Innocent's house.
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