Monthly Archives: July 2013
[Ed. note]: Gerrit writes from Rwanda. He is returning the USA on July 29th. Pray for health and safe travels.] I had an opportunity to visit the Mukono School in the Byumba Diocese to meet the new Head teacher, Amiable Umwizerwa, who was appointed in April. The school is administered by the Anglican Church, and supported by the government which supplies food, teachers, books and limited infrastructure. I was totally impressed with the improvements at the school with the goal to bring it up to the rating of “excellent” by the Government. There are new dormitories for the girls, a…
This was my third visit to the Relima Prison as the prisoners requested after my last visit in February that I return. It is currently the dry season in Rwanda, so it is hot and very dusty. The usual bright green foliage is covered with layers of red dust as the last few miles to the prison are off the main road so it’s unpaved; clouds of red dust hung in the air as our driver, Gratien, navigated the uneven road, dodging pedestrians, motorbikes and other traffic. It’s quite a change from the “rainy” season when everything is washed clean…
As this is being posted, I am already in Rwanda, having left Colorado Springs on July 1st, with plans to return on July 29th. I would greatly appreciate your prayers for me and all those I will be working with during this time. Please hold my family in prayer as well while I am gone. This trip will be packed with a lot of activities including preaching on reconciliation and forgiveness inside the prisons and also at Villages of Reconciliation. I will also be following up on the sewing and animal husbandry projects we have been a part of setting…
