“Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? And I said, ‘Here I am. Send me!”
Isaiah 6:8
Even before we set foot on a plane the three of us (L-R) Dave Lopez, Jana O’Guin and John Brennan have had to deal with many challenges. This, of course, means that our trip to Rwanda will have lasting and ground breaking fruit!
Below is a brief itinerary of this journey. You can follow along day by day and pray for specific things. We will be posting on this blog periodically (depending on internet connections!) to let you know how teh trip is going and specifically how you can pray for us during our trip. We love to read your comments back to us too!
February 1 – 2 Our Team will Depart LAX to Seattle in the AM - The Next flight segment is Seattle to Amsterdam - The next flight segment is from Amsterdam to Nairobi with an overnight stay in Nairobi.
February 3 Travel from Nairobi, Kenya to Kigali, Rwanda - Meet with staff at the P.E.A.C.E. office. They advise and guide us throughout our stays in Rwanda.
February 4 Visit the Genocide Museum. In 1994 over 1,000,000 men, women and children were killed during the unrest that occurred there.
February 5 Travel to Muhanga District
February 6 Attend Church
February 7-8 We hold a 2-day Celebrate Recovery follow-up session for churhces who have previously attended CR trainings.
February 9-11 We will travel to Kibuye in Karongi District to conduct Celebrate Recovery Phase 1 Training for Pastors and Lay Leaders of churches in the area.
February 12 Travel to Musanze District in Northern Rwanda. This will be an all-day excursion.
February 13 Attend Anglican Church of Rwanda Kajigeja with Pastor Jean Baptiste Ndayambaje who has been our translator.
February 14-15 R&R – As required by the Saddleback PEACE Trip organizers, we will be spending time processing the experiences of this journey and the people we have met along with the way and to prepare for our return home.
February 15 Travel back to Kigali
February 16-17 Depart Kigali, Rwanda to Nairobi, Kenya – Then to Amsterdam – Then to Detroit and on to Los Angeles.
February 16-March 2 Jana will be will remain in Kenya continuing to build relationships in Nairobi and Kitale for 2 additional weeks after sending Dave & John back home. She will visit and encourage churches and prisons in Kenya that have CR programs while holding follow up seminars to help guide those in the process of starting. She will get to spend time with wonderful friends and her 4 beautiful God-children.
