Hotel Isimbi Kigali

... Expeditions. They are your people if you ever come down here) and Jimmy for near 2 hours. We discussed Rwanda, its rebirth, what the Rwandans think of the ICC and its work in terms of trying war criminals. Answer? They don’t care for it or follow it. Rwanda has its own “Gacaca” (pronounced gachacha) courts that have tried far more and gives the nationals a sense of justice. We discussed the government and how, albeit lead by a former ...

The arrival in the evening and the first impression at the airport was warm an dark. The daylight starts 0600 and ends 1800 +/- a few minutes. I got picked up by a new colleague, we met his wife at the office and went to an italien restaurant near by.

And then it was to dark to be surprised where I life. But the next day, ...

... August to October. As is usually the case, I reckon somewhere in the middle. September, it is.

Water is life. That’s not overstating, as anyone knows. It gives us everything, and its absence can certainly take it away. And now, living through this dry season, I’ve learned a bit better to appreciate the value of this liquid. I’ve learned not to take it for granted. And I know I never again want to have the problem of water.

... amazing, clean, friendly and civilised (Kigali) country I have been to in Africa. It is a beautiful and safe capital. No litter, no goats, trees, flowers, fountains, views. Apparently it is one of the safest cities in Africa.

Everyone should visit Rwanda

... Everman (of friend of my wife and me since Ambassador College) from central Missouri, and Rahab Muthuri from Nairobi. They will be assisting him on the dental project portion of his stay in Rwanda. They were to arrive at 1:00 pm, but things ran late as usual, so they didn’t arrive at the Bloom until around 3:00 pm, about the time I was finishing up a goat brochette and fries. Sunday being a party and event day, I was kindly invited to ...

... along anyway with everyone else.

There were skits and jokes and songs. After each skit, Patrick would try to translate the explanation. The explanation often took longer than the skit, and usually the humor still escaped us, but that didn’t matter. Doc, the Harpers and I sang an ad hoc version of Psalm 46 with the English text having been reconstructed from memory. We sang in 2 or 3 or 4 part harmony depending on how we could remember our parts. We ...

... This is very valuable for them, and a good habit for all of us.

At 5:00 we had the last formal activity of the day: a Q&A Bible Study. Greg Swartz and I answered camper questions on a number of interesting (and sometimes slightly unusual) subjects:

-Why did the OT kings have more faith than people do today?

-What can help us strengthen our faith?

-How to handle school friends that try to convince you to stop keeping the Sabbath
Kigali, Rwanda joelmeeker

Hi everyone at home had first day at KEC it was good to finally see the playground. Before work
began we were able to meet some of the pupils and join in on their break time.
We marked out the playground with chalk and were able to do some painting before it was time to go home. Happy but very tired.
We will send some pictures tomorrow. Good Day

... the small red box on the alter. Inside there is a rosary which the pope sent. this is the only thing he has done for the victims. but yet for the killers he keeps them in the vatican. there are many hutu priests who are hiding in Rome. how sick.

Ntarama:
People came here for refuge with the thought that it would be safe since it is a church. There were many Tutsi living in the area. on the 15 april 80 buses of interahamwe and opposition party from burundi pulled up to the ...

I took the night coach from Kampala to Kigali this morning. We arrived at the border at dawn-break so I saw nothing of southern Uganda but hopefully I'll get the chance to on the way back up. I had to have all my bags searched at the border to check for plastic bags of all things as they are banned in the country. It seems to make sense as rubbish disposal is a problem across all of east Africa so why not do away with the worst offender?

I'm staying at the ...