October, 2009 archive
Headed Home [excerpt]
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
This morning at breakfast Steve Emerson shared a devotion that spoke to all of us. He shared about how it can often be frustrating to come to a place with so many needs and be overwhelmed. He reminded us that Jesus said, “The poor you will always have with you…” We can only do the small piece that God has called each of us to do. For us this week, it was helping the poor in Rwanda. He also read to us from the Last Chapter – Revelations. He reminded us that there will be a new Heaven and a new Earth. God is ultimately the victor, and there will be no poor, no suffering, no death and no tears. Praise God! What a great reminder as the team heads home.
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Last Full Day [excerpt]
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Why is it that when we are at home thinking about an up-coming trip it seems like a long time to be gone, but when you get there – it is time to go home before you know it. That is what this day felt like for most of the team.
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Monday [excerpt]
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
The whole team visited the site of the sewing/wedding shop in Kigali this morning. In order to get it going we need some woodworking done, shelving and various things built that can be installed there. John stayed at the shop as the other guys went to various locations in Kigali to price things. After spending some time talking with the ladies, measuring and drawing what we needed we went out to purchase a few things [...]
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Akagera National Park [excerpt]
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Saturday we spent the day at Akagera national park. We got up bright and early and ate breakfast by 5:30am and were on our way by 6:00am.
Never in my life would i have thought that i’d be on an african safari, but about half way through the day i realized that i was doing just that. Crazy. We drove around the park over the bumpy roads and even got stuck in the mud at one point. [...]
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A Full Week [excerpt]
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Friday – who would believe that a week could pass so quickly! The building continued to progress today. Ron, Emmanuel and others met this afternoon to go over the budget and the future of the building project. They needed to see where we were at with the finances and prioritize in moving forward, since there are not enough funds to complete the project.
Steve was able to teach the guys in the woodworking shop some simple [...]
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