Rwanda

This morning came too early for our entire group.  You could see the weariness upon everyone’s faces.  Five days of intense study is difficult, but today is graduation day!  In the morning we began with our last quiz, and then we wrapped up the subject with the final lesson and some last hour application of…

Today began our second week in Rwanda in the area known as Kamonyi.  I was taken about an hour away from the compound into one of the village areas.  First there was paved road, then there was dirt road, and then there was a rocky path full of holes.  Out the window I watched children,…

Today is Thursday, and now, after four full days of class, I am beginning to feel exhausted.  The men were unusually full of questions today, and the questions are nearly always loaded!  You have to be very careful in answering them or they can easily backfire.  This creates tension and before long you can lose…

We have had an eventful day today.  The journey began with the same car ride as yesterday, and I think our driver found every trench, pot hole, and pit the road had to offer this morning.  But as we met the students this morning, they were singing and prepared for their first quiz.  I believe everyone…

If Wednesday is hump day, this one was a hill!  We have had quite the day here in Rwanda.  The power has been out most of the day, and the day was non-stop.  We had our second quiz today, and the men seem to be holding up quite well.  I hope I can do the…

I arrived in Kilgali late last night (Saturday).  The plane was delayed in Brussels for two hours because of severe thunder storms.  Consequently, the arrival to Kilgali was around ten o’clock.  Pastor Denys finally located me and we drove to the compound on the other side of the city. We talked until midnight about what…

Well the day is about over, and it has been a long one.  It started a little late because of some late pastors from a another sector of the Kilgali region.  They cannot afford to come for the entire week.  The blessing is that one of our supporting pastors and his church anticipated this and…

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…

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…