The great news is that only about 10 days into his month long visit to Rwanda & Daniel is just about finished with the cover for the water storage. Praise God! You never know how work is going to progress in Rwanda- when you need materials you can’t just run down to Home Depot & get what you want. It’s a whole lot more complicated than you might ever believe! Here is a picture of the nearly completed work:
I would like to share with you from an email update Daniel sent out, so you can know what the trip has been like for him:
“Today I went to the feeding program and saw so many kids. The moment I stepped out of the car I was engulfed by kids. Many of these kids were orphans and many of these kids had a family, however their family couldn’t support them so they spend all day on the streets hopping to find food and then go home to sleep. Anyways, all of them wanted to touch me at the same time. At least 4 would be hanging onto each arm and then many would be touching my legs and ankles while I found myself holding sometimes 3 hands in each hand. Don’t ask me how that worked but it did. Many of the kids were completely naked but thankfully the majority had clothing on. All of them loved having their picture taken. We all eventually went into a building and when all those bodies were in a concentrated area it not only got warmer but the smell was almost unbelievably wretched but by the grace of God he allowed me to be desensitized my nose over time. They had a time of worship and then an adult started preaching to them. When he was done he brought me up and I gave my testimony and told them a little about me and where I was from and just general information about me and then shared with them a little of what God had been sharing to me recently in my devotional time. I learned that the person I was sitting by had lost all his family to the genocide. He was probably around 3 years old when the genocide occured. Can you imagine losing everybody and living by yourself at 3 or 4 years old? The even more amazing part is that he was the most enthusiastic kid there and praised God for all the many blessing in his life. Some things God is teaching me include showing me that the only way I’m going to be able to continue staying here in Rwanda and not become completely home sick is by finding all my comfort in God. He is showing me that all I need is Him. Recently I’ve been reading Ecclesiastes and he is teaching me how all the things of this world are pointless, meaningless, and worthless and the only way I’m going to be happy is if I devote my all to the service of God.”
God is good. Because of getting completed with the water cover project Daniel will be able to help with some other projects there. We pray for Daniel, for his health and for God to bless him and all he puts his hands to do there in Rwanda.
God Bless You,
Lisa
