Another busy day in Rwanda!

Sounds like our mini Rwanda team hasn’t taken a breather at all since they arrived!  Check out this most recent update:

“We had a really busy day in Kigali … but WHAT A DAY! It was wonderful!!!

We spent the morning doing home visits with the women that Tubahumurize works with. Yesterday we attended their group counseling session and despite the lack of understanding (everyone was speaking Kinyarwanda) we could understand the emotions and the amazing love and support they offered each other. When the leader asked them who would like us to visit them in their homes, they all raised their hands! I couldn’t imagine walking to all 18 homes!

During our visits we met a young lady (19 years old) and her brand new baby … less than 24 hours old! What struck us the most about her village was that it is full of women who were raising girls.  We brought these ladies bags of rice, gave them Canadian flag pins, shared our family photos, and prayed for them. We loved being with them, but left with heavy hearts. So much could be done … so little is being done … and it could be done in increments … so easy! 

Later in the afternoon, we visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial. Then at 4:00 p.m. we went out to visit the soccer teams we had sponsored last year. Little did we know, they planned a whole program for us. There were signs to thank us for the jerseys, there was singing and dancing … and an exhibition soccer match! We had our pictures taken with them and they loved on us a great deal. I can’t believe how grateful they were for something so simple as a few dozen jerseys. We were very humbled by their response. 

Tomorrow we are off to Gisenyi. We have hired a car for the day and will be accompanied by my friend Olivier. He was so excited to be asked to join us. He is fluent in at least 5 languages and is the best translator here … and he is very protective of us … the best qualities for a guide! 

We are having a wonderful time. We are both healthy and really enjoying ourselves here. Thank you for your prayers. We are well taken care of, to say the least!”