rwanda + the final review

{don't forget to pause the music on the sidebar!}

after being back in the states for 3 weeks i finally managed to sort through the pictures and videos!  our trip to rwanda is something we will never forget.  our lives will never be the same because of what we have seen.  we are both extremely grateful to reed's work for 1st giving us the opportunity to sponsor muyvuni and 2nd giving us the opportunity to meet him.  

we are very excited to see where God will lead us over the next few months and years.  we have plans of our own, but our ultimate goal is to serve Him.  wherever and whatever that means.  being in rwanda has made us both re-evaluate things in our lives, which is a good thing.  our hearts truly break for the people of africa, but at the same time we are inspired by them.  we are inspired by their joy which can only come from the Holy Spirit, by the obvious presence of the Father in their lives and by their hunger to know and study His word.  they are my daily inspiration for me to seek Him in all that i do.  i am definitely a work-in-progress when it comes to seeking His direction first, but with His help i'm getting there.

if anyone is considering sponsoring a child through compassion international i would say "do it - now."  don't wait.  there is a link in the sidebar -- click on it and a list of unsponsored children will come up for you to see.  your sponsored child will bring you far more joy than you can imagine.  we have thoroughly enjoyed watching our child grow in the last 2 years and can't wait to see how he continues to grow in the next 10 years!  maybe one day we'll get to be the proud sponsors of an ldp student!

the song that is playing during the video is by brooke fraser.  i have loved her music since the first time i heard her singing.  i hadn't heard this song until melanie put the video together, but the lyrics are incredible!

i am sitting still

i think of angelique

her mothers voice over me

and the bullets in the wall where it fell silent

and on a thousandth hill, i think of albertine

there in her eyes what I don't see with my own

rwanda

now that i have seen, i am responsible

faith without deeds is dead

now that i have held you in my own arms, i cannot let go till you are

i am on a plane across a distant sea

but i carry you in me

and the dust on, the dust on, the dust on my feet

rwanda

now that i have seen, i am responsible

faith without deeds is dead

now that i have held you in my own arms, i cannot let go till you are

i will tell the world, i will tell them where i've been

i will keep my word

i will tell them albertine

now that i have seen, i am responsible

faith without deeds is dead

now that i have held you in my own arms, i cannot let go till you are

i am on a stage, a thousand eyes on me

i will tell them, albertine

i will tell them, albertine

 

- albertine by brooke fraser