We are home safe

I can’t believe the time has already come to say goodbye to Rwanda. If I am really honest, the trip was way too short. As I sit back at home and write on my own computer, I struggle with the fact that there was still so much to do when we left. I never once dreamed that my going to Rwanda would end the poverty crisis, but for some strange reason, I don’t feel like we were even able to put a drop in the bucket. The truth is that it is bigger than anything we could fix on our own.

Kirsten Strand, a member of the team, made this comment about our adventure. I think it is an amazing statement and I wanted to share it with you.

“It struck me one day as we drove past hundreds of people sitting along the rugged streets that they all have a tremendous physical burden, but that many of us in America also have a burden—and maybe an even harder one. We have the blessing of resources and the burden of choice. We must decide if we will use our blessings only to provide opportunities for ourselves, or if we will use them to help provide opportunities for those who don’t have choices.

It also struck me that there is one choice that we ALL have—the choice to love and rely on God. And that is where the poor can help us. It is easy to love God when we have all that we need. But would we love Him even if we didn’t have a roof over our head or water to drink or had lost our entire family in a genocide?”

I have still yet to process all that I experienced and all that I learned from this trip. It was an amazing two weeks. I look forward to writing more as I begin to unpack all the experiences God led us through.