Monthly Archives: July 2012

During the last week of June my dad (Gerrit) and I traveled to Byumba.  While Byumba  is only one and one-half hours away from Kigali, the two places are truly worlds apart. Kigali is a city; Byumba is a rural area where goats, cows and chickens are often seen on the roads. Be careful though— if you see a chicken run across the road, it means someone is trying to catch it for dinner and you might want to slow down the car so as to miss both the chicken and its human “predator.” When we arrived, Bishop Emmanuel and…