Saturday 9 July in Rwamagama

Today was a slightly less hectic day for the team and we were able to sleep in as we didn't need to be at breakfast until 8:30am. After breakfast we went to the Champions Centre where a group of us had an in-depth tour of the centre and the new wall around the centre. What a wall!

Jen and Chiz inspect and approve the foundations.

Wow, now Steve reckons that a wall!

After the "wall" we got to spend some time up close and personal with John and were blown away by what an awesome man he is, a man filled with both compassion and vision. It is truly inspiring to see that Riverview has developed ties with and supports a man of such integrity as John. We are evermore committed to support him, his team and the people of Rwanda with our prayers and our talents.


The afternoon saw us take what best could be described as a wide goat track to a small village nestled atop one of the far flung hills of Rwanda for a school outreach. We arrived to the sounds of the 150+ students singing worship songs that we couldn't understand but could certainly feel. After some worship and simple introductions the Riverview team broke out in song to the accompaniment of violin by one of the team, Ian, and Olivier (a local from Rwamaga) on keyboard.


Matthew started the meeting by sharing his testimony whilst Finnius from AEE translated for the students. The students were absolutely blown away by his testimony of his journey to meet God as were those of us who had not heard it before. Matthew was ably followed by Steve who preached a message about being "on board" with Jesus through the story of Noah and his Ark. A truly inspiring message that obviously had an impact on the students because Pastor Chiz gave his testimony and made an altar call that was answered by about 50 young people.

This was a truly inspirational day, as well as a day filled with firsts for this blogger, as despite being in resistance to singing in front of a crowd not only did so but did it with joy and pleasure. I realised that God brought me to Rwanda to help me to see that He doesn't want just the fruit of my talents to support a solution in Rwanda and our world but he wants me to be a part of the solution in how I am and by my physical presence on the ground.