Kim and I have now been in Rwanda for a month and a half. It has been an incredible beginning to our time here. We live in a house and are blessed to usually have running water and electricity. There has been much we have been a part of but the majority of our time has centred around working with youth who are a part of a street boys program as well as working with a group called Ubazima (life) which is a group of people affected by HIV/AIDS who gather together to make jewellery and artwork in order to buy food as well as antiviral medication.
During the past few weeks we have been spending time with a team of fellow Canadians who came to Rwanda for a few weeks. This has been an awesome blessing and we are very thankful for the time we have spent with them. Two of our highlights during the past weeks included:
- Visiting a village called Kayonza where we walked with some of the local people to get water and then spent time visiting
- Spending a day in a refugee camp for people who have had to flee from the Congo (over 18,000 people live in the camp and aprox 10,000 are children) Totally overwhelming, but incredible at the same time.
We hope to add some pictures soon. (It can take up to 45 mins to upload 1 picture.)
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