Archive for September, 2007

Reflections on Choice and Gratitude (09-28-2007)

When we’re hurt we cry, when we’re happy our faces reflect our joy. We welcome...

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Well Behaved Kids on a Saturday Afternoon  (09-29-2007)

Well Behaved Kids on a Saturday Afternoon (09-29-2007)

    Today was my first low key day since I arrived. We had lunch in a typical...

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A Rite of Passage – Charlotte Defends her Dissertation  (09-28-2007)

A Rite of Passage – Charlotte Defends her Dissertation (09-28-2007)

  Charlotte is a survivor of the genocide and a person of incredible resilience. She is...

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Recording Studio in Kigali – New Road Productions  (09-28-2007)

Recording Studio in Kigali – New Road Productions (09-28-2007)

Ezra Kwizera is a man of many passions – a minister, a philanthropist, and a gifted musician...

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In and Around Kigali  (09-26-2007)

In and Around Kigali (09-26-2007)

These images are from my first day in Kigali. My new friends Francis and Chrysologue drove...

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First Impressions (09-25-2007)

Kigali and the people are very different than I anticipated. My prejudice about the genocide...

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Almost There  (09-24-2007)

Almost There (09-24-2007)

From Portland it takes 27 hours to get to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda (21 in the air, with...

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Rwanda

In April 1994, one million human beings were brutally slaughtered over 100 days in the small...

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