T-Minus Eight Days

In just over a week our team from Manhattan, Kansas, will be departing for the distant land of Rwanda. Right now it is distant not only in miles, but also as a concept for each one of us. I started traveling internationally nine years ago and it is always an enigma - you can read books, talk to people, and study your destination for months but you never truly know what you are actually going to experience. This, to me, seems to be particularly true of Rwanda. I've been many places in the world now, and it is always a challenging experience - in good ways. Everyone should know what it is like to be the foreigner. There is no question that each of us will be completely foreign in Rwanda. But the great thing about this is that God knows these people intimately, and when we hook up with him, he never disappoints.

The aim of this blog is to give each member of this team a public voice leading up to and throughout the project. Hopefully you'll hear from us here as often as possible about the work, our experiences, the people, the culture, and the wonderful Land of a Thousand Hills.