So, for starters a few pictures of domestic life in Bujumbura

"Our House" belongs to David Niyonzima and his wife Felicity Ntikurako. They finished building it in the fall of 2003, so I saw it in the final stages of construction when I was there last time. The family, including four children a housekeeper and a gateman all live on the ground level. David says that he is a "man of the earth" and does not like to sleep away from the ground. He built the upstairs specifically to be able to accomodate occasional Quaker visitors, although I understand that the boys have lived up there part of the time. You can see the second floor terrace with a view of the mountains

of Burundi, the Congo and Lake Tanganyika. The breezes upstairs are heavenly. The guest quarters include a large living room, two bedrooms each with its own bath (one with HOT Water - guess who got that one!) and a small kitchen.