Today the Religion team traveled out of Kigali to the second largest city in Rwanda - Butare. They took this five hour long trip (round trip) to visit a local seminary. This is the only school that is located in Rwanda that trains students to become pastors.
This was a great trip for the group whose entire purpose for this trip is to learn more about the global church's reply to the 1994 genocide. They were presented with a short speech concerning the steps that the church took after the genocide - such as public apologies for their actions during it. It was great to meet students who were studying the same things and to see the beautiful campus and facilities.
They also got to visit the university that Phoebe graduated from - The National University of Rwanda where she studied economics. This is the largest university in Rwanda and currently has about 9,000 students. They also got to meet the vice-rector of the university who is a childhood friend of Phoebe's.
The Social Work team visited an organization
that is dedicated to working with kids who live on the street. They also visited with the Rwandan Women's Network.
The G.M. and Y.S. teams visited an AIDS hospital in the afternoon and then had dinner at the house of their guide, Zachary.
We also experienced our first day of intense rain. It was about time that we saw the famous tropical downpour.
Tomorrow all the groups will be together to attend a culture show at a castle that used to be for the king and is now an art institute.
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