September, 2008 archive
We shall never forget [excerpt]
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Dear friends-
While the sewing team ministered another busy day, the rest of the team (Bill, Evelyn, Josh, Dan, Debbie D., Arlene and Greg) along with Emmanuel, travelled to Nyamata to visit two more genocide sites. It is about a 45-minute drive from Kigali. These two sites are former Catholic churches where Tutsis ran for refuge when the genocide began (with the Priest’s urging), thinking they would be safe. Instead, 5000 were slaughtered in one, and 10,180 were [...]
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Training, buttermilk and dancing in the aisles! [excerpt]
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Now that the pastor’s training seminar has come to a close, and I am safely tucked back into my bed at the Moucecore Guest House in Kigali, I thought I’d cover a few highlights of the week past, which included a bunch of training, a little bit of buttermilk, and embarassingly–dancing in the aisles! Because we left the laptop with the rest of the team, I was unable to blog (you’re saying ”that’s why they’re shorter” [...]
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Roads, Riding and Recreation [excerpt]
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Saturday, September 27
We got up really, really early this morning! The plan was to meet Greg and Emmanuel in Rhuengeri (sp?). We left at 5:30am in order to get out of town before the mandatory work day for Rwanda. If we didn’t reach our destination by 8:00am, we could have been stopped and put to work on a project. Apparently the last Saturday of the month everyone is required to work 1/2 a day 8-12noon [...]
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Sew and Sew [excerpt]
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Friday was an amazing and awesome. After speding the week doing projects and honing skills that the ladies already had, we split them up and did 5 different projects, based on their abilities. One group made ties (men’s ties are hard to get here, and expensive), a school jumper, a uniform shirt, a reversible handbag, and curtain samples. They had a ball! They were so excited about what they were doing that at the end [...]
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(RE)Building a House Day 2 [excerpt]
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Bill, Evelyn, Dan, Joshua, and Debbie D. went back to the house and continued helping by carrying blocks and other supplies. This house is actually a “duplex”. The main side consists of one living room (8X15) with 2 small rooms (8X8) and a small kitchen (8X8). The back side had another living room (8X8), one bed room (8X8), and a small kitchen (8X8). They said she will be able to rent out the back side [...]
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