Hotel Rwanda

Well, in less than 24 hours I will embark on a journey that has already taken several turns. over one year ago, I began to talk to several students about going to Kenya to work with orphans. Just before Christmas the climate in Kenya changed to one of violence. We quickly linked up with a Baylor Alum, Brenner Campbell, who has started a non-profit organization called Children's Mission Network, working to build a orphan community in Harare, Zimbabwe. They partner with the Hands of Hope. Then just as we were breaking for Spring Break, the elections in Harare made the country unstable. We then decided to join with teams already going to Kigali, Rwanda. We leave tomorrow.


If you have seen the movie Hotel Rwanda, you will remember that in 1994 the two governing tribes began to fight. This escalated into a civil war and led to the genocide of the Tutsie tribe. In three months over one million people were brutally murdered.



We are planning to work with the orphans doing sports & activities. Some others from our team will lead crafts and lessons, similar to VBS. Maxey Parrish and I will be speaking to the youth both Wednesday nights on "Purpose Driven Life for Teens."

I hope to be able to blog while we are there....one of the miracles that is already logged in for this trip is that we found three refurbished laptops that were donated to several pastors in Kigali. Baylor rolls them off of a cycle and laptops are hard to come by...but thanks to Rick Mattocks and his crew, we will be delivering them in person on Tuesday. Our God is the creator and He is in control. Maybe I can use one of them to update. If not, I will blog the first week of June. I will leave you with this quote - sort of a thoughtful reflection for our trip:

“Too often we think of God’s call (or our vocation) solely in terms of what we do. People speak of being called to the ministry or feeling called to work in healthcare or teaching. However, while doing will always be involved, vocation is much more than our occupation. It is the face of Christ we are called from eternity to show to the world. It is who we are called to be.” (David Benner)