tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28664983105339924742011-07-07T21:10:23.524-07:00HSM Rwanda '09 Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415307650655324947noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866498310533992474.post-18765582313498060702009-07-08T04:17:00.000-07:002009-07-08T04:52:26.783-07:00Muraho from Kibuye! <div>We have all been doing well, although exhaustion and tummy aches have been catching up with us.</div><div>The past 2 days, we have been teaching Purpose Driven Life and P.E.A.C.E. to youth leaders...</div><div>It has been awesome getting to know them personally, listening to their stories, and them telling us about how God is working in their lives and communities.</div><div>Today, we began another Youth Summit and things are going great. </div><div>The past afternoons, we have spent doing other ministries...</div><div>One afternoon, we separated into groups and visited 4 different Community Development Trainers (CDTs)...</div><div>We were able to learn about what they are doing in their communities as well as pray and encourage them. They are amazing people.</div><div>Other afternoons we have visited Kibuye Hospital...</div><div>We have gone with some CDTs to feed the most vulnerable hospital patients. The most vulnerable patients are those without families to provide meals.</div><div>We have been able to pray for patients, give bed baths, sing worship songs with them and simply love them.</div><div>We look forward to the next couple days of ministry!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2866498310533992474-1876558231349806070?l=hsmrwanda09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>HSM Rwanda '09 Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415307650655324947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866498310533992474.post-27447664117258177152009-07-06T14:26:00.000-07:002009-07-06T14:27:50.358-07:00we've been in kibuye for a few days now...<div>things are going really, really well...</div><div>we dont get access to the internet as well as we did in kigali, so that is why we havent been able to update lately...</div><div>just a quick note to say it is all going very very well, and the kids will try to update the blog again in the morning...</div><div>thanks for the prayers.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2866498310533992474-2744766411725817715?l=hsmrwanda09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>HSM Rwanda '09 Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415307650655324947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866498310533992474.post-62233410792644279612009-07-02T11:43:00.013-07:002009-07-02T12:30:16.674-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', fantasy;">Kigali...and Bujumbura too...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">We were all surprised to hear that we could only have ONE carry-on item per person. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">This led to chaotic repacking and stuffing small bags into medium bags into big bags... for example, Hillary's purse in Caroline's backpack in Danny's backpack.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">It worked great until we got to the gate, and they said, "I don't think so."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">Danny refused to check his bag, unless he could walk it to the plane and load it himself... </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">AMAZINGLY...they let him. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">We all slept soundly on our bumpy, 100 seater plane.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">We unexpectedly took a detour through Bujumbura, Burundi which is actually passed Kigali. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">Finally, we arrived in Kigali around 2 am!!! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">We filled out more forms (we're pros) and collected less than half of our luggage.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">We still can't figure out how we had all of our luggage in Nairobi, but it didn't make it to Kigali. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">We personally think they left in Burundi as payback for Danny's oversized carry-on.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">2 hours later...filling out even more forms for our missing luggage...it's 4 am once we leave the airport.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy;">Unsure of day or time...WE NEED SLEEP!</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2866498310533992474-6223341079264427961?l=hsmrwanda09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>HSM Rwanda '09 Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415307650655324947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866498310533992474.post-84774220526299370162009-07-02T11:24:00.000-07:002009-07-02T12:19:02.412-07:00<div>Nairobi...<div>We arrived safely!</div><div>Spent an hour filling out visa and swine flu forms.</div><div>ALL 26 pieces of our luggage made it too.</div><div>We collected all of our luggage and took it across the street to recheck it with Kenya Airways.</div><div>3 hours later, we still had 6 hours to kill...so we headed to the Carnivore Restaurant for dinner.</div><div>We enjoyed some tasty cuisine...</div><div>Ostrich meatballs, crocodile, chicken, beef, pork sausage, spare ribs, chicken livers, and lamb chops...</div><div>YES! We tried everything.</div><div>Headed back to the airport for final flight to Rwanda. We should arrive around 2 am.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0BA-UrpVI/AAAAAAAAABE/D9uL5EaYN2I/s1600-h/IMG_3797.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0BA-UrpVI/AAAAAAAAABE/D9uL5EaYN2I/s200/IMG_3797.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353936648254760274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Joy of Forms, Passports, Payments, and Visas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0BBLSr44I/AAAAAAAAABM/dDLLzRTUstw/s1600-h/IMG_3799.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0BBLSr44I/AAAAAAAAABM/dDLLzRTUstw/s200/IMG_3799.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353936651736048514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">All of us with all of our luggage...for now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0BBuzGSlI/AAAAAAAAABU/FmWrIfCLH9Y/s1600-h/IMG_3811.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0BBuzGSlI/AAAAAAAAABU/FmWrIfCLH9Y/s200/IMG_3811.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353936661267237458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The luggage train.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0BB_mpHwI/AAAAAAAAABc/MC7ABv5DdrM/s1600-h/DSC00779.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0BB_mpHwI/AAAAAAAAABc/MC7ABv5DdrM/s200/DSC00779.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353936665778396930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Carnivore...Vegetarians not welcome.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0BCSL-VaI/AAAAAAAAABk/lyw19-Ie7lM/s1600-h/IMG_3817.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0BCSL-VaI/AAAAAAAAABk/lyw19-Ie7lM/s200/IMG_3817.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353936670766814626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hillary with the Meat Man.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0F9iH3DDI/AAAAAAAAABs/6nzgcHzikRM/s1600-h/IMG_3822.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0F9iH3DDI/AAAAAAAAABs/6nzgcHzikRM/s200/IMG_3822.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353942086703320114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jamie, Haley, and Caroline</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0F-yIUPmI/AAAAAAAAACE/YHwfBq6QyBI/s200/IMG_3819.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353942108180069986" /><div style="text-align: center;"> Waiting for Brock to surrender.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0F-W-FH_I/AAAAAAAAAB8/ylnRTewsPdo/s1600-h/IMG_3825.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0F-W-FH_I/AAAAAAAAAB8/ylnRTewsPdo/s1600-h/IMG_3825.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0F-W-FH_I/AAAAAAAAAB8/ylnRTewsPdo/s200/IMG_3825.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353942100889378802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Matt got tired of waiting, so he took a nap.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0BB_mpHwI/AAAAAAAAABc/MC7ABv5DdrM/s1600-h/DSC00779.JPG"><br /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2866498310533992474-8477422052629937016?l=hsmrwanda09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>HSM Rwanda '09 Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415307650655324947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866498310533992474.post-66242908379632725682009-07-02T10:54:00.000-07:002009-07-02T14:24:28.933-07:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0lN10-HTI/AAAAAAAAACc/nra-1ll4ZzE/s200/IMG_3774.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353976451731168562" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0lOYL0btI/AAAAAAAAACk/DqOHNn5942c/s1600-h/IMG_3782.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0lOYL0btI/AAAAAAAAACk/DqOHNn5942c/s200/IMG_3782.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353976460953808594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our flight was long, but comfortable and uneventful...Emirates is the way to go!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dubai...</div><div>It was really hot and really really humid</div><div>The spots you see on the pictures below are actually the humidity in the air</div><div>Palm Springs got nuttin on Dubai</div><div>We took a taxi tour through the city to see some of the more famous landmarks</div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0kizaNF-I/AAAAAAAAACU/2-kCvNQ2vTg/s200/DSC00764.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353975712347658210" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lBs662-DzI4/Sk0jkcSttlI/AAAAAAAAACM/vWAwycp4IWA/s200/DSC00758.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353974640990336594" /></div><div>It was nice to sleep after a 16 hour flight</div><div>Curry...glad that's over...everyone agrees</div><div><br /></div><div>Off to Nairobi now!</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2866498310533992474-6624290837963272568?l=hsmrwanda09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>HSM Rwanda '09 Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415307650655324947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866498310533992474.post-54527335359389944692009-06-07T19:45:00.000-07:002009-06-07T20:05:36.031-07:00So far...<div>we've raised our money<div>we've gotten shots</div><div>we're half way through the training</div><div>and plane tickets are purchased</div><div><br /></div><div>Still to come...</div><div>2 more training sessions</div><div>a packing party</div><div>overnight in Dubai</div><div>and 22 1/2 hours on a plane </div><div><br /></div><div>WE CANT WAIT TO GO!!!!!!!!!</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2866498310533992474-5452733535938994469?l=hsmrwanda09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>HSM Rwanda '09 Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415307650655324947noreply@blogger.com0