Potholes

It is not possible for words to describe the devastation that occurred in Rwanda only 16 years ago, but I believe we can use words to describe the reconstruction that has taken place since 1994.

Hope is the first word I think of to begin to describe this reconstruction.  I have seen hope in the eyes of the students everyday in the classroom.  I have discussed the hope that Rwandans have for the future of their own country.  These men and women see the hope that Rwanda is bringing to the rest of Africa.

Love is a powerful device that God has given us to create peace in a place where peace couldn’t seem possible.  Rwanda has been using love as another tool to bring and keep this peace in their country.  The love that I have seen and the love that I have felt by the Rwandan people has been joyfully overwhelming in the time I have spent here.

So many more words can be used to describe the ways God can be seen moving in the Rwandan people.  These words are just a few of the ingredients being used to help fill the deep emotional potholes that were formed in the spirits of the Rwandan people so many years ago.  And while, believe it or not, the emotional potholes are much deeper than the potholes you find on the roads here, God is still moving in this nation in so many ways.

To quote the entire Kicukiro primary school from their daily morning ritual… “God is good… all the time.  All the time… God is good.”

– John