We started Wednesday by going to the Village of Hope. It is a village that was built for children who were orphaned by the genocide. Now those children are in their 20s. We got to meet a number of the people living in the village, prayed with them, sang with them, and then got to go visit some of their houses. We paired up with two people from our group and two of them and then took food to their homes and visited with them.
A number of young children also live nearby and came to spend time with us. The Widow's Village is not far away, and they heard that we were in the village so some of them came and spent time with us as well. One little boy came and sat on my lap for a good portion of the time. He kept showing me how he could count to 20 on his fingers and loved playing with my camera. He was so precious!!!
After lunch we all piled into Land Cruisers and began the "2.5" hour drive that was more like 4.5 hours to Akagera National Park. On our way we stopped at a random village to hand out coloring books, toys, and candy to the kids. It was so much fun. We stayed for maybe a half hour and then piled back in the cruisers and made our way to the park. On our way back on Friday we drove past the same village and the kids all ran out yelling something at us. Our driver told us that they were saying "We remember you, we remember you, God bless you" and cheering. Wow.
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