Return to Rwanda

How blessed I was to spend one week in Rwanda with my YFC friends there.

Returning was a bit like ‘going home’. 

 Esther had been shopping for me and filled the kitchen with just what I love. 

It was wonderful to stay again in the same ‘dorm’ where Mal and I had spent those wonderful three months 8 years ago, and again with Sue in 2011. 

And again I enjoyed the view across the peaceful valley below each morning as I headed over to the YFC office.

Lots has changed in 8 years:

The school has grown and looks so much more established,

the office that we saw the foundations of in 2007 is completed and in full use,

the YFC property now has a quality fence and gates surrounding it 

with modern shops right next door.

  But the welcome, commitment and quality of the YFC staff hasn’t changed one bit. 

The ministry has grown and diversified and I was thrilled to see all of that.

And it was great to be there to celebrate Luc's birthday with them all.

I was also privileged to spend quality time with young people that Mal and I had had the privilege of helping in various ways,

 some now married and with children.

 

And also some quality young people sponsored by Aussies 

 through their university education. 
 

It was altogether a rich and precious time and I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to spend time with my ‘family’ in Rwanda.