Last Day in Gisenyi

I wish I could have posted photos for all of you to see. One week ago we arrived to an open field with nothing more than a foundation. Now we are leaving and heading back to Kigali for a couple of days and there in that same field stands a school.

Today the men headed off to the worksite and the women went to do their final VBS session at the Orphan’s programs. Since we are now working on the roof and the floor, things have slowed down a little bit. In the first classroom we were able to get the lines laid in the floor and when we left they were putting up the fifth piece of sheet metal on the roof.

After dinner we went back to the work site and continued to push forward. One of the things that made this trip so successful was that the team did not come into Gisenyi to tell the locals how to do something they have been doing for many years. Instead we were able to watch and be taught how they did things and we integrated into that system. We were there to HELP them build a school, not TELL them how to do it and you could tell it was appreciated. As the day wore on some of the workers pulled us aside and gave us letters and photos of themselves. At the end of the day we were able to return the gesture by giving the workers our team t-shirts and photos of ourselves. It was awesome. Also that afternoon some of the women were guided around to visit members of Simone Pierre’s congregation who had received goats. To see how much people appreciated the goats was an eye opener as to how something we may not see as important can mean the world to someone else.

Off to supper at Simone Pierre’s. This was a time of good byes and exchanges and thanks to Simone Pierre and his family for all they had done for us. OH, and something I forgot to mention on Sunday but can be mentioned today is that we ate goat for both of those meals and I think for all of us it was a first. It is actually really good. Scott is going to be looking for a supplier when he gets home. Pam probably won’t be. We ended the evening with a big beautiful cake that had Canada wrote on top. It was great. We all settled in for the night and packed. We will be heading for the orphanage in the morning and then off to Kigali.

I will keep at the blog for as long as I can. I’m not sure how much internet access I will have in Kigali but keep checking back so you are in the know! Be praying for our travel as we have lot’s of driving and flying ahead of us over the next few days.
Things are winding down but we still expect God to do some great things with our time over here in Rwanda.

Love, Project Lov Rwanda Team

P.S.- There have to be some perks for being the guy that does all the blogs! So here’s a shout out to all the boys at TC Atlantic. Ric Shut up. See ya’s soon boys.