I had every intention on sitting in on the planning meeting that Carol and Ray had scheduled with Jean and Bean, but God had other plans for my morning. One of the team members brought supplies along to have a spa day for the ladies at Solace if they got the opportunity and since a small group of us had been given the opportunity to tour a hospital, so I got asked to help with the pampering. I had seen some of the women in passing, but finally got the chance to...

Our first full day in Kigali was Sunday and it started for me very early. While taking in the view from our patio the night before, I had let in some moskitos which decided to buzz around my ear and bite up my arms and hands around 2 am. After trying to fall back to sleep for about 45 minutes, I decided that the moskitos had won and I got up for the day. Once our team got up and moving around, we enjoyed a wonderful 5 hour service at the community center on the...

As you read in my last blog, God took care of us when we didn't get out of Chicago on time by causing a delay in Brussels for the connecting flight. We flew into Kigali in the evening so there wasn't much to see but all the city lights. Several employees of the Solace Ministries Rwanda office met us at the airport and welcomed us. We are staying in hotel/guest house. We have running water (although we can't drink it) and wireless internet access but no air co...