VBS.

Muraho!

This week, our team’s main focus is on VBS at the Africa New Life School in Kayonza. We are teaching different Character virtues each day, ones such as love, forgiveness, and courage (I forget the other one). After a discussion with the headmaster, John Africa (a pretty cool last name for a Rwandan), Pastor Connor came to the conclusion that this is the first time that the children have been in a small group experience. Apparently, small-group setting instruction is a revolutionary idea in Central Africa! This is great, because we are able to have the children interact with us while we teach them very important Biblical foundations. While many children attending claim that they have accepted Christ as their savior, we are hoping that this experience helps them become more active in sharing their faith with their friends.

We are performing the same VBS show 4 times a day (for over 700 students in all)…so its safe to say that by the end of the day, we’re pretty tired.

Last night, we had an extrordinary opportunity to visit the home of the Vice President of Living Waters International - a non-profit organization that drills wells for developing countries. Dr. Otto Helwig is here in Rwanda, at the request of President Kagame, to drill wells as part of Rwanda’s Vision 2020 (to get clean water to everyone in the country by 2020). Dr. Helwig has recently become involved with Africa New Life, as Pastor Charles Buregeya is trying to get a clean water source for the school in Kayonza. It was great to be with other Americans – and we hope it has been a blessing to them, as they’ve seen the work of the enemy this month (they were robbed, their ministry associate was robbed & mugged, and Dr. Helwig almost died 2 weeks ago from a broken blood vessel in his stomach).

Please continue to pray for our ministry here…for energy, safety, and health.

God Bless,
David (for the rest of the team).