Students Captivated by Stories of Reconciliation Through Forgiveness

by Barbara Overgaard, Communications Director for The WordFAN A packed out crowd of students from several nations came to hear Gerrit speak to the Africa group, Ubuntu, at Colorado College on November 2, 2012.  The numbers exceeded the expectations of the meeting organizers but the college students didn’t seem to mind whether they found a seat on the floor or on a chair. Since the meeting was set a time when Bishop Emmanuel of the Byumba Diocese in Rwanda was in Colorado Springs, he too was able to speak and together with Gerrit they kept the students on edge with…