Rwanda Wrap Up

The last couple of days have been ones of finishing up our time in Kigali, Rwanda.  Saturday was a homework day for Branden.  Remarkably, he has not only caught up, but completed all his assignments.  That gives both of us some relief as I don't have to keep on him about it.  We also took time to hand wash all of our dirty clothing and set them out to dry on the porch railings.  With all that work, we also had to have an afternoon nap.

Our bus tickets also arrived for our trip to Uganda.  What we were quoted was 10,000 francs each, but having Sarah get our tickets for us, we got them for 8,000 each.  That's about C$12.00 each!  Compare that to flights ranging from $950 on Kenya Air and $1800 on Ethiopian Air for two of us.  White a savings, I'd say.

We spent time visiting people on campus over lunch.  Especially Brian, who is from Kampala and had a lot of good information for us.  He is actually from one of the Watoto Villages.  He gave us his house number and wants us to visit his home.  That may even be possible!

Sunday morning we went to church here at CLA, but Branden had a bout of something that sent him running for the washrooms.  No need to elaborate, but we have been laying low all Sunday afternoon.  We met up with Fulgence who came to bid us farewell from his country.  We had supper together and a good visit.

We met another interesting young man of 28, named Felix.  He survived the genocide at 11 years of age and described to us the conditions at the time.  It was horrible and hard to imagine.  He has studied to be an accountant and will finish his fourth and final year in August.  Bit his passion is to serve God and bring reconciliation to his nation.  There are many here who have been marred by the genocide, having lost family, missing some who fled to Uganda or Tanzania.  Now some of the refugees are returning as things have returned to some normalcy in Rwanda.  But the damage done inside of people will take a long time to heal.  We have met so many of the casualties and they have their struggles coping in various ways.  I have a much better idea of what post traumatic stress syndrome is.

Well, our next communication will be from Uganda.  Looking forward to it.