Kibuye (KeeBooYay)

Hello Friends!

Nancy here. Been silent for a while on the blogspot, and I'm back!

Today, Joy and I saw some of the most beautiful landscapes of our lives. We traveled all the way to the western border of Rwanda to Lake Kivu. Chrissy and two of her coworkers were paying a surprise visit to one of their churches. Chrissy invited us along to explore the lake since that area was home to Immaculee Ilibagiza, author of Left to Tell, one of our first glimpses into Rwanda and the genocide.

We decided to use our hour of free time to take a boat ride and we don't regret it!! Here are some of the stunning views we saw. It's not hard to understand why Immaculee said she grew up in paradise.

Even though the lake was astounding, the views on the drive may have topped it. Simply amazing.

The road from Gitarama to Kibuye was insane! You simply would've had to see it to believe it. I would've taken video footage of the drive... but I was holding on for dear life to keep from being tossed into Chrissie to my right and the door to my left! Truly, there were NO stretches of straight road. It was two hours of screeching left and right turns. And, in Rwanda, the only rule seems to be: try not to hit anyone. Speed limits? Everyone knows where the police stand, so there are backlogs there. Side of the road? The rule seems to be, stick to the inside of the curve and hope there isn't any oncoming traffic around the bend... and to top it all off, Chrissie said that he was driving extremely cautiously today! Gracious! We traveled from Kigali on the left to Kibuye on the right. From Gitarama west is the crazy part, though the map will hardly do it justice.

Tomorrow we are sitting in on a training seminar associated with Hope International. We'll learn more about microfinance through Savings Groups.

I'll leave you with a picture of me and my little precious namesake! Claude and his wife pay me such an honor to give their daughter my name! We'll see them again on Friday night at their church service - the pastor invited us to come and preach at the service! Gracious! Wouldn't have been my idea, but it'll be a great opportunity to share what the Lord has done in our lives and through our time here in Rwanda.

~nancy