(View from the Office over the Hills)
This week was spent in the office getting acquainted and adjusted to the work I will be doing all summer. It has been great to meet the staff and be in fellowship with a group of people so different from myself. In the many activities I am helping to plan and facilitate I get to work with a wide array of staff members which I am enjoying.
The current schedule of events I am planning/trips I am leading:
July 8 - African Kids Day in the Sector of Masaka (Where the Water Project was)
July 9 - WRR Staff Service day
July 18-24 - Fullerton EV Free Trip to help with a camp for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs)
First Week in August - Black Rock CC to a distant village (6 hours away) working with OVCs and a housing project
I am also working on newsletters, and excitingly was asked by the World Relief office in the DRCongo to write their quarterly newsletter. This will require me to travel to the DRC at least once, if not twice, to gather stories of World Reliefs work there and to produce the final draft.
This coming week I will be on the road traveling to the sited for the two church trips coming up. It will include a day trip to the school where the OVC camp will be held and a 3 day trip to Nyamesheke, the distant village where the Black Rock group will be working. I would love prayers for safe travels as I am on the road for the majority of Tuesday morning through Friday afternoon.
Other than that, life is good. I am enjoying being submersed in a completely different culture and enjoy the challenge of working on a mostly Rwandan staff. Event planning on 'African Time' is definitely a different experience though.
Tomorrow I will visit the Genocide Memorial, which will be hard I am sure. It will be interesting to see how my perspective on Rwanda and its people will change after seeing this part of their history.
I will try to keep you updated on my ever-filling schedule. This summer is shaping up to be more and more exciting by the day.
