Headed Home

Monday morning, we drove about an hour from Kigali to Muhanga where we had a follow up meeting for churches that had previously been trained to start CR. There were 16 churches coming to learn more about CR.  Several churches gave reports of what they were doing and how they were progressing.  We reviewed the Large Group meeting format then demonstrated a meeting for them with Jean Baptiste teaching the lesson on Forgiveness.  Six churches committed to developing a strong CR ministry.  Moses and Jean Baptiste will visit them in a few weeks to see how they are progressing.

We drove about 2 hours to Karongi district and checked into Bethany hotel at Lake Kivu.  The next morning we went held a follow up meeting with churches previously trained in CR.  Twelve churches were represented, some gave reports of their progress. We reviewed the Large Group meeting format and demonstrated a meeting with Jean Baptiste teaching the lesson of Denial. Seven churches committed to following the training for their CR ministry.  Moses and Jean Baptise will visit them to see how they are progressing.  We drove back to Kigali in the late afternoon.

We had a meeting at the PEACE office to talk about CR and Orphan care.  There are 33 orphanages in Rwanda that will be closed by the end of 2014. We discussed various ways of using CR for the families receiving the children and The Landing for the youth and Celebration Station for the children so the orphans can find healing as well. It looks like The Landing will translate culturally, Celebration Station will need further review to see is it is relevant to the children of Rwanda.  They will get estimates to translate the materials to Kinyarwanda and we will proceed from there.

Today we had a meeting at the PEACE office with the key leaders overseeing the Purpose Driven activities in Rwanda.  We developed a good plan for CR and possibly The Landing 

Pray for travel mercies as I depart Kigali this evening, have a quick stop in Entebbe, Uganda then fly on to Amsterdam.  After a 4 hour layover, I have a non-stop flight to Los Angeles. Pray for good rest, leg room and an uneventlful journey home. Pray for the churches of Rwanda as they go forward with CR. Pray for the churches and prisons of Kenya and their CR ministries.