Preparation and Building

Preparation and Building

The morning is bright and sunny, it feels refreshing to go out on the porch, bath in the sun and breath the clean air. I can look down the valley – this area has transformed over the 10 ten years we have been coming. All of the mud block houses have been torn down and...
Preparation and Building

Good Rain 2020 Begins

What could be good about the Coronavirus?  It is certainly not good for those that have contracted the disease, not good for the economies that will be impacted by closures and not good because of the general fear that the unknown brings.  My daughter...
Hope for your Marriage

Hope for your Marriage

This is the 3rd session from our Marriage Seminar in Nov 2018 with Alasdair Groves of CCEF New England. We’ve already talked about how conflicts are opportunities to learn about our spouse’s desires and love on them better. We’ve already talked about...
Wrap Up teaching day

Wrap Up teaching day

Today was “wrap up” of two full weeks of closing complete with a closing celebration after an early lunch (early especially for them).  We always try to get the Pastors on their way by 12:30 so the majority of them can get to their villages before night...
Wrap Up teaching day

From the Ladies

Muraho, shuti nziza!  (Hello, dear friends!)   Christina and I are in our second day of teaching.  Yesterday we traveled about 2 hours to Batima in the south of Rwanda and met with about 38 women.  These more rural ladies may look more care-worn...
Wrap Up teaching day

Thoughts before Shane Departs

As I spend my last night in Rwanda before leaving to return to my family and church family in Worcester, I look back at the past week teaching and fellowship with the pastors with great joy. Investing here each year is rewarding on a level that I have a hard time...
Wrap Up teaching day

Good Rain brings Good Rain

Good Rain – This is Rwanda’s rainy season, but there has been a persistent drought.  That is until we came, 3 out of 5 days have seen good downpours – and the earth is soaking it up.  Perhaps our coming also brings good rain.   Shane gave an...