Today we had a very informative day. We woke up, ate breakfast, and then decided to poke around the neighborhood a while. We walked around, meeting the people in the neighborhood, seeing some of the sights, and getting completely exhausted walking up one of Rwanda's 1000 hills :). On the way home we ran into a bunch of kids, who wanted to play soccer. Most of the team joined them and played a game of soccer. After soccer we had lunch, and then headed out on the town. We headed to the forex to exchange money, and after much bartering we got a good enough exchange rate, we make our exchanges and went on to our next event. We stopped at the Hotel Des Mille Collines (Hotel Rwanda), to see the hotel that saved many Tutsi's lifes during the genocide.
We then went to the genocide memorial. A memorial in the center of Kigali to remind and educate people on the genocide, in hopes that it will never happen again. (in 1994, there was a genocide in Rwanda that killed 1,000,000 people. The Hutu people tried to eradicate the Tutsi race, and almost successfully did so. A genocide which lasted over 100 days, turned a beautiful country the size of Maryland was covered in death. ) The memorial not only goes though the events leading up to the genocide, but it also has the stories of survivors, Stories of people who saved many during the genocide. It also shows other genocides that have happened all over the world. It is amazing how many genocides have happened all around the world. The world has seen a lot of evil. Out side there was mass graves, that rest 300,000 bodies from the genocide. We were able to walk around, and see what these people we are working with have gone though.
After the memorial, we went to Bourbon Coffee to talk and process about what we just walked though. It is so encouraging to now walk around this country that is now so beautiful and peaceful. A country so clean and unified. Its hard to think that this country was once in this state! But its also so encouraging to see how the people of Rwanda have really pulled them selves back on their feet, and put their country back together.
The day was heavy, but it was good. We were able to be a little more educated, so we can better work with the people here in Rwanda, to better sympathize with the horrific event these people have seen and gone through.
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Becca, GOD MOST HIGH LOVE BLESSING YOU AND THE TEAM, AMEN.
ReplyDeletewow what an introduction to see all the horrible evil of the genocide, , and to see photos and history in the museum , wow and 300,000 graves site, wow , hearing and seeing all this had to have a deep effect on your hearts ,, wow. I almost makae me weep now just to think of this, COME COME LORD JESUS, . and wow what a blessing that you were able to talk about this after that deep dark desperate day. COME LORD JESUS, LET THE LIGHT OF YOUR LOVE USE ALL THIS EVIL TO WORK GREAT GOOD IN US ALL AND IN ALL THIS WORLD, O FATHER , THANK YOU.
WHAT OTHER GAMES DO THE DO THERE BESIDE soccer? basket ball ,, Yes OUR LORD HAS brough this terrible tragedy of the genocide to recovery, yet there must be many hearts in deep sorrow or yet lost. wow you guys are getting the LORD'S GREAT EDUCATION FOR YOUR LIVES THERE , thanks for going, thanks for sharing, THANK YOU O FATHER FOR TAKING THIS CBC TEAM TO THE COUNTRY YOU LOVE SO DEEPLY , O LORD JESUS THANK YOU,, COME! AMEN.
LOVE dough carol w. COME LORD JESUS,,
Becca GOD BLESSING YOU , AND YOUR LIFE AND TEAM, AMEN.
ReplyDeleteBecca I had looked some over all your previous notes to plan this trip and give instructions to the team , and I am really impressed, wow , you are an organizer, and God has blessed you with His wisdom and Spirit, amen If the LOrd would take me , or Carol and I to India, again, I may recruit you as and organizer, , for when I led the team , I was retarded, the LORD did it all I was and am ingnorant, nd proud of it.. ha ha.
tHE ANGLES AND MYRAIDS OF HEAVENLY HOSTS ARE REJOICING FOR THIS TRIP YOU BY HIM JESUS HAVE LED, AND OUR LORD IS GREATLY GLORIFIED BY YOU'RE BEING HIS SERVANT, AMEN THANK YOU AND PRAISE TO OUR GLORIOUS ALMIGHTY LIVING LOVING LORD GOD, AMEN.
it has been a joy to me to write to you and the kids as they give daily reports, , I didnt know till Alli that you even got to read these comments. amen ... WOW I would really love it if you or a team member could bring me a coin of Rwanda , so I can carry it in my pocket and pray for the country and Simon and Kedress and the orphans and sstephen. amen.steven..
in fact I have many world coins I carry to pray for the missionaries and peoples of the coin of the country , I suggest all your team collect some coins to carry forever to pray for Rwanda, I know those people God will hold in your heart for years. amen .. ok ,, thanks..
love dough, carol COME LORD JESUS BRING THE TEAM SAFE BACK TO CBC AND THEIR HOAMS TO GLORIFY YOUR HOLY NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES O LORD GOD MOST HIGH, FOR JESUS SAKE , NOT OUR GAIN, OUR GAIN IS TO SEE YOUR GLORIFIED O FATHER IN JESUS THROUGH AND WITH YOU O SPIRIT, AMEN.... COME. REV 22:17