We're Here!

by Leah Tang

Sunday, July 19, 2009

It took us about 36 hours from the time we met at SFO to the time we checked into out hotel rooms in Kigali early on Friday late morning.  There were two red eyes, three plane changes, a "bus stop" in a fourth country (Burundi) before arriving in Rwanda.

I won't give away the events or details since our arrival (you got a hint of that in Charlotte's posting), but I will leave you with some tantalizing highlights:

• Grilled brochette at Ryan and Elizabeth Lincoln's
• The Gisozi (aka the Kigali National Memorial or the Rwandan Genocide Museum)
• The Rwanda-DRC border crossing
• Maji Matulivu and meeting Lyn Lusi
• Singing at Bizi's church
• A skit about the corruption of a pastor...at the ordination celebration of Pastor Bolingo
• Tour of HEAL Africa

We are thankful to have arrived safely and begin our orientation to HEAL Africa.  The people we've met thus far are truly inspiring, both in the challenges they face daily, their commitment to servie, their faith in God, and the love of their people.

We are also so grateful of our friends and family who are supporting us on the trip.  There will be several more posts before our mission is done, so check back soon!