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Rwanda Day 1

December 9th, 2008 Posted by admin

After 20 hours of flying and 48 hours away from home, I was overwhelmed by the warm welcome of the 2008 Peace through Business Rwanda women. Many of them came to the airport with beautiful flowers in their hands to welcome me with such warmth and excitement that I felt like a rock star!

Driving to the hotel was quite interesting as I tried to take in all of the people walking around, the buildings that I could see, and some sense of where I was considering all I could see was the lights dotted around the Land of a Thousand Hills.

Becoming acclimated to the time zone hasn’t been a problem and when the sun came up at 5:00 this morning, I was ready to go! Of course, getting email taken care of has been tricky at best, but I managed to get some emails handled. After confirming and setting appointments I took off to go register at the US Embassy then go to the Rwanda Memorial.

The Memorial is moving and quite beautifully done. I spent time at the mass burial grave sites in prayer, and enjoyed the different gardens along the grounds. Jet lag is zapping me, so I will take a nap before finding activities tonight.

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