Blessings in Rwanda

Five days ago our team of five people arrived in Rwanda, Africa, after a very long flight. Pastor Cliff Stalwick and his wife Donna had asked us to accompany them several months ago,and at the last minute, fifteen year old Ben joined us. We're counting our blessings! Our luggage, all ten pieces, arrived safely and was not overweight! We had stressed about this when we found out we had to take along the remaining pieces of the Kenyan pastor's luggage. Pastor Kubondo had spent the summer in Canada and had been given things to take back including an electric guitar and laptop. (hence the opportunity to use the laptop for this blog and important banking transactions.) Our hotel room is reasonable, and the bathroom is not too far down the hall... We found out no one had made arrangements for an evening meal;we were far from restaurants and even shops, so ended up buying a few supplies and having a daily picnic in the hotel consisting of instant soups brought from home, and peanut butter, jam, honey, yellow bread, cheese and eggs. Our week of ministry with the Rwandan pastor is over. Apparently the week of the Fresh Fire pastors' conference was a huge success. The visiting pastors were most appreciative, and we have invitations to help them in Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi. Pastor Stalwick taught the pastors, Donna taught the women. Terry thought he would be playing soccer, but ended up teaching the "youth" (anyone unmarried). Ben and I went into two classrooms in the primary school. When schedules and events were rearranged, and things didn't go as expected we all had to keep flexible and remind ourselves, "This is Africa." When I get another chance, and when I can post my pictures, I'll be sharing some highlights. Off to Kenya next!