This morning is the third morning to wake up in our new house. We are renting a house from John Kayitare, the executive administrator of Urukundo Home for Children. We both have been given a dream by God to build a Mission Center: private boarding school, university, medical center, vocational training center and community center. John built this house and we feel privilege to have a beautiful house to live.
This morning at 6am I made my first maiden voyage outside the gates for a jog. I typically rotate between jogging and mountain biking. I really don't know where the roads lead so I stayed on the rough gravel road that our house is located. I probably only went a few miles but it is amazing at the looks I get. To see a "white person" jogging on your road is not a very common occurrence. I would greet them with a "good morning" in their native tongue (kinyarwanda) and their surprise faces would break into the biggest smiles and we would exchange hand waves.
One little child saw me coming from a few hundred feet and let out with a loud shriek! Some children haven't seen a light colored skinned person and get a little scared. Apparently some parents have shared a legend that white people eat little children for a snack!! This of course doesn't help either.
Today we welcome back a contractor, the Teacher. His nickname was given because he is so good at training others to have skills that help them land jobs. The Teacher has a reputation for doing good work. He even gives a written estimate to you before he begins. We hope to get a number of things done in the coming days to make our house a home. The biggest project is the kitchen where we need a sink, counter and shelves.
Today is Andria's birthday. It will be unlike any celebration she has ever had. Life in Rwanda is very different from America. It amazes me that God called us here to do such a big goal. I like Rick Warren's quote on Twitter. The size of of your God will determine the size of your goal". We serve a very big God.
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