Rwanda (Part 3)

So I found a new internet cafe that hopefully will be open more often. It is about a mile walk for me to get to it, but hey, if it's open and the other is not then I'll go to it. It's also considerably faster. It now only takes me about 1 1/2 minutes to log in and check my email vs the 5-6 at the other place.

Last night we went out to a village and showed the "Jesus" film. There were approximately 200 people from the village there in attendance and it was a moment I will never forget. They all were so entranced with the film and were glued threw the entire thing. It was kinda funny to me though because it was dubbed in their language and was done somewhat poorly. Imagine a bad Japanese dub and then make it worse. Still though they loved it and somwhere around 50 to 100 people accepted Christ. I couldn't really tell because it was dark there.

I can't get over how nice everyone here is. I'm constantly sticking my arm out of the window and waving and people and yelling "Muraho!" (hello) to everyone that passes. About every other kid if they are big enough and fast enough will begin in a dead sprint after the car regardless of how fast it is going. I love the people here and wish I could stay longer, but I'm also dying to get back to the available luxuries at home. I pray that I'm able to come back sometime next year. Only time and God will tell.

This morning we went to another village and played "football" and sang with the people that lived there. I also took a bunch of "muscle shots" with the kids there. It's absolutely hilarious. They will mimic any pose or sound that you make.

Until next time, Murabaho!

Rwanda (part 2)

So here I sit in this little inetnet cafe on the side of the biggest road in Butare. The people are great here. Everyone greets you with a hug, handshake and a huge smile.

Today we went out to one of the villages nearby and played soccer with the kids and just plain hung out. One of the guys on our team (Logan) has been brining his ukylale everywhere with him and singing praise songs in Rwandan. It's great. One of the roads we were driving down leaving the village was being worked on which caused us to have to manuever around a little bit. Well our van got stuck in a ditch for a while and had to be dug out. It was a blessing in disguise though. All the people nearby gathered around us and we got to interact with them. I of course being the cameraman for the documentary we are filming captured the entire event. We also got interviews from the people watching and asked them why they thought we got stuck in the ditch.

Yesterday we visited one of the genocide memorials where 80,000 Tutsi's were brutally murdered. It was a very sad thing to see. They have many of the bodies laying on tables in some of the buildings covered in lye. They were all stretched out and begging for help. It was a very melacholy day. Still though, leaving the memorial just a few yards down the road were some homes filled with kids and loving parents. It was great to see that despite the pain and suffering that had happened so close to where we had just been there is much life and happiness. Rwanda is moving forward and leaving the past behind, but not forgetting it. I can't wait to see what God has in store for the country.

Hopefully another blog soon. The internet is painfully slow here and makes it very difficult. Murabayho!

I'm in Rwanda!

We just arrived in Rwanda not too long ago. It took about 24 hours of flight time over two days. It's nice to be on land again and free to roam around. We are about to go to lunch and then the genocide museum here. Tomorrow we will be travelling to Butare and the surrounding villages. We've already shot a bunch of video footage for the documnetary; I can't wait to see how it's going to turn out. I'll try and post as often as possible to update everyone as to what is going on. Stay tuned!!

I feel this way sometimes