People often ask where we stay. We have rented a house in the Kimirunko district of Kigali, Rwanda's capital. We are about a mile from the teaching site, which is the Harvest Christian Church. Below is a picture of the house. It has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and miracles of miracles, hot water in the tubs. It is still hard to call it a shower as there is not curtain, and you have to hold a wand to shower. But it is still a blessing. The house is used for pre-wedding parties and weddings, and therefore is known as the Umuhuro House. We are just a short walk from the main market, which is a trip in and of itself....a super Walmart made up of seemingly 1000 small shops about 5 feet wide. The house costs us $500 for 17 days and comes with help to clean the house, assist with meals and do laundry. Never had it this good at home!
We brush our teeth with bottled water, eat only fully cooked foods, and generally are just careful. But it really isn't all that hard to get along here. I even have a Rwandan cell phone number. All I had to do was pop in a Rwandan SIM card and away it went. In fact, we can call home for 50 minutes a day for about $1.25. Amazing.
Several Pastors have already stopped by the house as they have made their way into Kigali for the training. We will start up tomorrow, Monday, about 10 AM, so we can let the guys traveling in from shorter distances make it. After that, we will start each day at 8:30 and go to 5. Lunch is usually 1 to 2:15. It takes that long to feed 60 guys one at a time. But given that many of them have not hard enough food to feed their families for months, we are more than pleased to take the time to make sure they eat well while they are with us. Pray for clarity as we teach 1 Samuel.
Blessings to you all......prayers and love to our dear friends in Rwanda. MA got hammered again yesterday with a prediction of some snow showers on Wed. Sue and Mike
ReplyDeleteLooks like a nice house! Are those ant hills in the front yard? :))
ReplyDeleteExcited to join you guys.
Thanks for the update! Looks like a great house. Praying everyone stays healthy
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Prayers for good sleep, good nutrition, good comfort, and good teaching!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I love the video! Such joyful noise! :)
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