On Saturday (Day 34), the outreach team, Olivier, Noel and
Immaculee’s niece went on a safari in eastern Rwanda. We left the base at 5am
and drove in a private taxi to the national park. When we got there, everyone
was covered in red dust. We picked up a tour guide and set off on a six hour
ride. We got to see warthogs, impalas, giraffes, baboons, water buffalos,
hippos, monkeys, and zebras. Everyone was super exhausted by the end of the bumpy
ride and happy to see the base again. That night, most people had to shower
(red dust everywhere) and go to bed early.
On Sunday (Day 35), we were able to sleep in before church.
We went to Immaculee’s church, Zion Temple Celebration Church. It’s the church
that we will be working with for this week. After the church service, we went
out for lunch at a very nice Italian restaurant. Except for Immaculee, who went
to some friend’s house that she hadn’t seen in very long time.
On Monday (Day 36), it was our rest day. This week, it’s
laundry and cleaning day to us. Most people slept or sat in the sun.
On Tuesday (Day 37), we had a meeting with one of the
pastors of Zion Temple Celebration Church. We were introduced to the history of
the church through the story of one of the pastor’s call to Rwanda. He had wanted
to go to Australia for school but God kept on speaking to him about going to
Rwanda to start ministries. Finally, a blind man from the Congo came and found
him. He told the pastor his name, his father’s name and everything that he
couldn’t have known. Then he said that God wanted him to go to Rwanda. And if
he didn’t go, he would die. Then we talked about what we would be doing for the
rest of the week. We will be doing the church’s meetings on Tuesday (tonight),
Thursday, and Friday. And we’ll be doing a youth meeting on Saturday and
working in the church’s school. In the afternoon, we went to one of the church’s
weekly meetings. There, the choir performed some songs before our team went up.
The team as a whole performed ‘My Redeemer Lives’, which the church was quite
excited about. Then, Rebecca and Taryn performed ‘Psalm 23’ as a duet.
Some prayer requests are health and communication. A few of
the team members have gotten quite sick since arriving in Rwanda. Also, we’ve
been having a few issues with miscommunication with what we are to do. So
please be praying for communication among our team and with the people that we’re
working with.
Peace out, Immaculee’s Babies
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