the journey begins at the airport! our flight left at 9:00 am on saturday, june 5
after about 26+ hours of travel we finally arrived in kigali, rwanda around 2:00 am on monday, june 7. we quickly realized the luggage didn't make it and headed off to the hotel for a quick night's rest.
around 9:30 am our bus picked us up at the hotel and drove us to the compassion country office.
come in and join us for a tour of the office...
{one of many translators employed by compassion to translate the letters from sponsors}
it was very cool to see all the letters around the office!
the mailboxes! there is a mailbox for each of the different compassion projects throughout rwanda.
this is eugene at his desk. he was our translator and guide for the week. he was such a blessing to all of us!
{not related to the "office tour", but the kids were getting out of school so i snapped a quick pic!}
we met counselors, communications staff, financial staff, project directors and so many other people that help compassion run smoothly.
{again, not really related to the tour, but this is an aerial view of the school next door to the office}
this is the bathroom. you are looking in the window which is wide open. strange.
chad's office in kigali!
samuel -- the rwanda country director for compassion
the wakm crew
notice any similarities in our outfits here and when we left the airport 3 days prior?
his close-toed shoes were in our luggage. he sported "chocs n socks" and yes, those are the socks they give you on the airplane.
after touring the compassion office we went back to the hotel for lunch and were then on our way to view the genocide memorial. we had read & heard a lot about the genocide before we went to africa, but seeing the pictures and videos were entirely different. hearing personal stories of those affected by the genocide was both horrific and inspiring. God is definitely at work in this country and working through the hearts of the people in rwanda. a perfect example of what it truly means to forgive.
this flame is only lit during the 100 days that the genocide took place.
these are homes built on the hillside outside the memorial
this pool showed one of the many stages in rwanda's history that led to the genocide. it shows the seperation of the people, in 5 seperate sections of the pool.
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