Bite!(What's up?) This is Makaela and Alexa!
Woke up this morning to hearing my roomates slam doors for no reason. We went to breakfast where we ate amazing food prepared for us by our lovely chefs. We then had our morning devotional where we prepared for the day ahead of us in prayer and fellowship. After that, we put on our skirts and slacks and headed to the church called Rwanda for Jesus. First we got lost, but when we arrived there, we immediately felt welcomed and were excited to be there. It was incredible seeing the way that a different culture worships. Robbie introduced us all to the church when the pastor asked. There was an amazing pastor!! She was great. She spoke about Nehemiah and how God rebuilt Jerusalem. She connected it to how God is rebuilding the hearts of the Rwandans and it really put things in perspective for us, seeing as how we depend on many material things in America. She said that God rebuilds the thing that matters most:our hearts. Rwanda for Jesus will stick with us cause of the fact that they worship and speak with freedom and peace. After our two hour and ten minute service we went back to AEE to eat lunch and head out to Rwamagana. It was a beautiful drive of about an hour of scenery and it was clear that there was a transition between the lifestyle in Kigali and in more rural areas like Rwamagana. Finally we arrived at our new guesthouse where we all have single bedrooms(ugh..we don't like sleeping alone...) but they are very nice and our mosquito nets come in handy. After we unloaded our suitcases we headed across the street to the great old Center for Champions! When we got there, the Center was bigger than what we had expected. Mark gave us a tour of the campus. We then met many many girls and boys and got to draw, talk, play football(aka soccer), and play basketball with them which was incredibly fun. We were touched by how excited they were to be around us and have pictures taken with them. After a about four hours at the center we headed back to our guesthouse for dinner and debrief, Mark also read us a story! :)
We are excited for tommarow, have a good day!
Love,
The tired ones.
So glad that you got to experience worshipping with brothers and sisters in Africa. We'll continue to pray for you as you minister and are ministered to at the Center for Champions.
ReplyDeleteP.S. From Eliot's Nana: Enjoying the pictures and news from Rwanda. You are feeding God's sheep!
Thank you for the post here this evening! :) You sound like you are having a great time. Would love to see pictures of the Center for Champions if you can post. If not bring home plenty of pictures! We miss you... all is good here in Seattle.... sunny skys and 70 degress! Tell Makaela that Ginger says hello and misses her!
ReplyDeleteLove , Makaela's mom xoxo
Thank you for taking time to blog. It is exciting to hear about your experiences and I can't wait for the next post and more pictures. Praying for each of you and that God will give you all you need to minister in His name.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Eliot, I hope you get the chance to call us. xoxoxoxo...