Sometimes you think you have seen poverty up close enough times that it won’t affect you emotionally. Today I had the opportunity to spend some time with some people living in extreme poverty and it stirred something very deep in me. I find myself constantly holding back tears as we visit some amazingly [...]
Archive for October, 2008
A Light Shining in the Darkness
Posted in Ministry Updates on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Moureen’s Place
Posted in Ministry Updates on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today Catherine and I visited Moureen’s place. Moureen is an African woman who is trying to help women who have been involved in prostitution and their children. She does this with pretty minimal resources, they have a great piece of land that IT has helped them rent where several of the woman and dozens of [...]
Dancing with the Rwandan Church
Posted in Ministry Updates on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi there,
Getting an internet connection is a little sketchy here. It seems that every time it rains (which is every day) it goes out. Yesterday was a quiet day in the morning. They have this thing here in Rwanda that once a month on a Saturday morning everyone has to come out and [...]
Our Team has Landed!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thursday 10/23
Today is the first day we have access to internet. The trip was very long but we didn’t have any problems. We are all sleep-deprived but better after having slept last night in a horizontal position. All of our luggage arrived at the same time as us so that was [...]
Practicing Sabbath—Striving to Rest
Posted in Reflections on October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Let us, therefore make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience. –Hebrews 4:11
We have been learning to apply a very old discipline to our lives this fall. It is the discipline of Sabbath. We have chosen to take our [...]
Mentorship on the Move
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the exciting aspects about my trip to Rwanda is the opportunity to be on the same team with two friends. One is a long-time friend and the other is a relatively new friendship, but both have their roots in mentorship. It is something our team will teach on while [...]
