Chris is back from Rwanda. The mission was very sucessful. He opened the CASA house, and on the opening day, he siad that there were closed to 400 people showed up. Here is an e-mail Chris sent out to friends and family.

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I just returned safe and sound from a successful mission trip to Africa. I am up late adjusting to Pacific Standard time. Thank you for your prayers.

For those of you who prayed for a successful Open House on December 9th, "Thank you" even more. The Christian Fellowship House in Butare, Rwanda, welcomed 323 visitors on that day. We had decorations, singers, speakers, and dancers . We ran out of cookies and fruit punch and had to close our front gate early.

Most people who dropped by were poor neighbors who live up and down our red clay road. My favorite comment came from a college student who was helping out. He gazed at the sight of old women returning from the fields and barefoot kids in tattered clothes. As they sat in upholstered chairs and sipped punch from porcelain cups, I overheard a comment that he whispered to a friend: "This is just like Jesus did".

We at Come & See Africa hope that there are more opportunities to imitate Christ in Rwanda. If you are able, we welcome you to "come and see" this ministry next July as we return to serve university students and ordinary people in East Africa.