Michael is in the air now, on his way back home to the US. We pray for all of his flight connections to happen smoothly this time! They had the Christmas party for all of the TTI sponsored children on Saturday, and this is what Mike said about it, “had a great time at the Christmas party for sponsored children. All of the sponsored children were there and got gifts, sang songs, ate good food including meat(very big deal), and opened christmas gifts from their sponsors. Wish you could have been here.” A few days before he had given the children who live in the Home of Innocence their gifts and he said it was so fun to watch them open them- they were so excited to get their new clothes!
Another day Mike said he “went up to the Acres of Hope today. God has blessed us with an amazing piece of property. I am excited to see what it will look like in a few years. More than that, only God knows the lives that will be changed on those 7 1/2 acres.” Amen!
Also Mike has been using his time there to work on getting our registration completed in the country. We have been working on that for well over a year now and encountered many delays & requests for more information & to “come back tomorrow”. Mike had a meeting with the mayor of the community we are located in and he felt it went well. The mayor said that he wants this completed & we really feel like things are coming to a close with this finally! Mike said today he “was told by the Mayor of Kicukiro district that the letter of colaboration will be ready to pick up on Wednesday. Ngoga will pick it up because I am heading home tonight :)”
We want to say “thank you” to all our sponsors who gave so that the children could have a wonderful celebration of Christmas & Christ! I have had many Rwandans tell me that for them, most of the time, Christmas is nothing. Meaning, they are too busy just trying to make it from day to day, and Christmas is just another day. If they are lucky then they will get to have a large meal (maybe even meat- for many they only get meat once or twice a year, Christmas being one of those times). To get gifts at Christmas is unheard of as well. So, thank you for helping to make this Christmas one these children will remember forever, and for helping us show them the love of Christ in practical ways.
I will post pictures on the blog after Mike gets back home. Thank you for your prayers for his safe & swift return- we are very excited to have him back with us again! 🙂
God Bless You,
Lisa
