Posts by Bruce Snavely
Myanmar 10/12/12
Dear Friends, Friday was the high point of the week here in Yangon. It was our fifth and final day of class work, testing, and finally in the afternoon, our first class graduation. My day started around 5:30 am. I got up and continued praying for Grace to get on all of her flights back…
Read MoreRwanda 8/20/2012
Greetings from Rwanda once again, I have been back for a couple hours now and, after having had something to eat, feel ready to resume normal stuff. The Congo ministry was an extremely taxing trip, but I think quite a profitable one. On Saturday night the first outdoor meeting took place in Bagira. The pastors…
Read MoreCongo 8/17/2012
Congo 8/17/2012 Sorry for the hiatus in communication. I have been absolutely cut off from all communication until today. This Congo trip has been very difficult for me. I don’t have time tonight to tell you everything, but I will just share about the ministry. The environment here is completely different than Rwanda. The level…
Read MoreRwanda 8/12/2012
We drove about two hours outside of Kigali toward the Congo. What my eyes saw on the way was like opening a social studies book in third grade. I saw everything in the villages and streets that I have always imagined about Africa. People were dressed in the typical colors of Africa; from the clothes…
Read MoreRwanda 8/11/2012
Today was my last session with the pastors here in Kigali. It was a very good morning. I gave them notes on both the introduction and conclusion to the sermon in the first two hours. Then in the final hour and a half, I introduced the book of James and did the opening message on…
Read MoreRwanda 8/10/2012
Third World living is just that, like an “other world.” I had my first shower Wednesday night. I asked to take a shower and one of the workers on the compound brought me two containers of water – one boiling, one cold. I mixed the water in a wash pan in the bath tub and…
Read MoreRwanda 8/9/2012
It is Thursday night (August 9), and I am wrapping up my first, and very long, day. I slept fitfully through my first jet-lagged night, waking up and going back to sleep three separate times. My bed is surrounded by mosquito netting. There were many new and unfamiliar sounds in the night: the Moslem temple…
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Romania 1/7/12 The meeting last night at church is still lingering in my mind. The brass band was amazing. Very talented musicians, and very good team. The culture here is so different. They are still waking up from the repression of Communism since the fall of Ceausescu. The town and village cultures have not caught…
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