Kageyo

On Wednesday (November 25) we had our longest trip yet – 3 hours on a bus down a road smaller than Cobb Mill (yeah, that’s a Woodville reference). Kageyo is a refugee resettlement near the boarder of Tanzania. After escaping the genocide, many Rwandans sought shelter and made homes for themselves in Tanzania. They prospered there. The Tanzanian government eventually told them they had to go home – they were given one day to leave the country, and were not allowed to take anything with them. You can imagine the devastation.

Kageyo has only recently moved out of “crisis” mode. But let me be clear about “crisis” – this merely means there are no longer people dying on a DAILY basis due to lack of food and hippo attacks. Yes, hippo attacks. This community is still INCREDIBLY impoverished, and in dire need of food, clean water, and medical supplies. There are approximately 200 children in this community that still need sponsors. Sponsorship provides tuition, books, uniforms, food, and medical insurance.

The church that ANLM runs is overrun every Sunday with worshipers. The fourth wall of the church has yet to be built because each week the congregation flows out and up the hill. God is at work in this community!

We spent the day celebrating with some of the sponsored children at a party. We played games, talked to them about Thanksgiving and Christmas, and then gave them all gifts sent by their sponsors. Toward the end of the day we hiked up a HUGE hill behind the church. From there we had nearly a 360 degree panoramic view of the valley and some of the hills of Tanzania.

Please pray that the Lord will continue to provide for Kageyo. They are very far removed from the rest of the country. Roads need to be improved to increase trade between Kageyo and Kigali.