Long time

It's been a while...

I think i might have blogged myself out in Rwanda! But, here i am again, three weeks on and i think it's about time to do another quick update.


We've had a great time here in Bujumbura, Burundi so far. It's been great catching up with people from last year and spending time at new ministries. The places that we've been working have been a bit hit and miss over the last few weeks, there's been a few places that we were expecting them to be very organised and have a lot for us to do, and when we arrived, they just didnt really have anything for us to do, so we had to try and find our own things. But, when it's been good, it's been amazing.

Last week we were working at this centre called Mont Sion, which is a Catholic outreach centre in the north of the city. We just got this incredible welcome from them, we're shown amazing hospitality, and kept busy and working for the whole time we were there. In the mornings we were working at this building site for a home they are building for boys who are living on the street. We were excavating land for a garden and when we got tired of wheelbarrowing (ingolofanoing: for those who have been following this blog...) we were sanding and varnishing wooden furniture.

Then in the afternoons we were running reconciliaiton and forgiveness seminars for young people in the area. These were well attended, and we had a great week of sharing our stories and hearing some of theirs. We also found ourselves featuring on Burundian TV because of this.... We never saw it ourselves but have met a few people who saw us on there!

Then on the sunday we shared at the mass of 5000 people, big experience, we shared stories and a song. We were just really thankful for the welcome we got and the obvious organisation that went into the week.

So, tomorrow we're heading to the middle of the country to a place called Gitega to work at an orphanage run by Youth for Christ. We were there last year, and i think i put a video up of our time there last year, so if you're interested you can skip back a few months through this blog for where i'll be and what i'll be doing... If i remember correctly there is a lot of playing and a lot of dancing... Good at the first one, not so sure about the second one...

Some highlights from our time in Bujumbura:

- Last night we ran a fellowship evening in Alison's house. I was leading worship, and at the end of one song, a Burundian lady called Nadine spontaneously took over and led us in the same song, but acapella and Africa style...incredible moment.

- Cake at Alison's house...

- Seeing hippos in the river outside the animal park, then paying 5000 francs to get into the animal park and seeing no animals...

- No mosquito bites!