We turn off the main highway through Huye and onto a dirt road. The side of the road is a swirl of color and activity – bicycle and moto taxi drivers chat as they wait for customers, vendors sell live chickens and fresh vegetables, people crowd into waiting vans. Larry inches the car through the […]
Kigali Life: Battles with Water and Electricity (but No Complaints)
People often ask about our day to day life here. We rent a home in a nice area of the city. It is considered upscale, western style by Kigali standards. We have municipal water. Some parts of Kigali go for months with dry taps but we figured that rationing would not impact our neighborhood because […]
Coming Full Circle
They have been waiting for us. We sit in the shade, sipping sodas, getting to know each other. Going around the table, giving each person time to share about family, work, and water as we do at every meeting, taking time to build relationships. It has taken a long time for us to return to […]
Another Rewarding Day in Rwanda
We surprise the WASH team with a visit. I want to check up on them, encourage them, and surprise them with some new clothes since they have been working in the North for two weeks with only small sacks of belongings. Larry wants to inspect the tank. The church is supposed to be very near […]
No Pressure…
I had the privilege of giving a mini-sermon at the celebration in the Northern Province (or the daunting task of preaching to 50 preachers!?!). This is what I said: å Water is an important symbol of change in the Bible. Jesus started his ministry by being baptized in a river. He used water in his first miracle, […]