No pics with this blog, internet connection is soooo slow

July 5^th: Workshops are finished. Professors came to the CASA house after we closed the workshop. The Rector gave speech on how important for professors to learn to use technology, and the needs for distance learning in Rwanda.

July 7^th: David continues to work on the Widow’s house. Here is Widow’s house in progress. We have a house dedication party next Monday, after we come back from Burundi. Bujumbra is about 2 hours away from Butare, but it is a all day trip. We were at the borders for almost 2 hours to get our visa stamped. We left Butare around 9 and arrived in Bujumbra around 3 p.m. We visited Imaculee’s home for a dinner; as usual, her mother prepared a feast for us. We had to leave their house early for a wedding reception.

July 8^th: We went to Edmond’s church. There were lots of visitors from different nations; Canada, Netherland, England, Uganda, USA, etc. After the service, we had a lunch with students. We discussed January conference in Butare. There were about 30 students from different universities in Burudi. They were so excited about the conference, Joseph in Egypt is the topic, it is about the leadership. We are planning to have Christian students from Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, and USA for January conference.

July 9^th: After the lunch, we spoke at the Pastor Jeremy’s church about marriage. Marriage is like a partner dancing, like Tango. It needs practice to be good dancers, needs cooperation. After the dinner, we went to Beach, and had a fish dinner. Children played, and we adults sat around and talked. I was glad that we are out on the beach from hot, muggy hotel room. Cool breeze, good company, good music.

Before we leave Bujumbra on Monday, we stopped at the Korean Mission Center in Buja. The Center building is completed but the seminary is not opened yet. There were 200 people from Time Square people came and treating sick people at the Center. When we got there, we could not even drive into the center because of so many people want to see doctors and nurses. There has to be more than 500 people at the gate to see doctors.

We came back from BJ just before the house dedication and goats giving ceremony. It was so great to witness the widow and her family. She was so happy as you can see in her face. She was wearing a T-shirt with a logo, “When you look to God, everything looks good”. Here is her brand new kitchen, which is right next to the out house. She has a three rooms, mud floor, but her own home. She was so happy that she has doors to prevent thieves coming to her house.