Chickies + Widows = end of Poverty

Our Sunday in Rwanda was great. We went to the service at the Foursquare church. It was great. We had to leave before the service ended because we were late to another commitment at another church called Miracle Center. Our purpose at this church was to bless 2 of the widows in their congregation. My dad and sister in law had given me money to come bless some needy people here and so some of that money was used to purchase baby chicks with LOTS of feed. Another woman on the team also gave funds toward this project and so she and I got the chance to present these widows with the chicks and feed that would end the cycle of poverty for them and their children. What an incredible moment. We shared with them how the bible says that God loves a cheerful giver and that we were indeed cheerful givers and that our prayer was for them to receive so that they in turn can also freely give as they become self sufficient. We prayed that the ripple effect of this one blessing would one that would spread through their whole community. That was definitely the highlight of my day. Here's a picture of me with one of the widows that received the chicks.



Our missionary friends do such amazing work here. They don't just give help in the form of handouts because that just creates dependency. They train people and give them a hand up out of poverty so that they can be self sustaining members of their communities. It's really awesome work!
Another really fun moment was later that day we had some traditional dancers come sing and dance and of course we had to try to learn. It was a blast!






Since I am posting this after the fact... (I didn't want to get everyone all worried)I will also say that today had its low points too. Kayla was pretty sick with stomach pains and after all day and no improvement by the time we had our team meeting in the evening we spent a lot of time in prayer for her to feel better. She got a little worse before she got better...but by 10:00 that night we were in the living room together with the laptop checking out FB. Talk about answered prayer! Cool stuff!