Working from Rwanda
For two weeks, I am working from Rwanda. Nashville has been unusually
cold this week, and Kigali unusually hot. With temperatures over 90° F
each afternoon, I find myself thankful for low humidity and wishing
for an afternoon shower - or maybe a fan. Here we live with the
climate - hot or cold - there is nothing to change the impact of the
weather save opening or closing some windows. But this is not a post
about the weather - it is a post about working here. It is just hard
to separate the two when I my mind is melted and I am in need of a
shower.Normally I visit our African partners to collect stories, talk about work completed or yet to be done, and build relationships. This trip is something a bit different - while doing the above, the focus is on preparing for a training next week. Training manuals have been translated (not by me), copies printed, materials gathered, and plans for implementation have been made. The rest of the time I am sitting here on my laptop doing my work as per normal. No, I did not have to be here this week. I could have flown in at last minute and not helped with the details. But then I would have missed so many opportunities - to help, to learn, to teach, and to be blessed.
In the coming months we will be talking more about how Blood:Water Mission is in true partnership with our local partners. This is just a piece of that. Choosing to work alongside rather than zip in at the last minute. And so, every afternoon when my body is caked with a layer of sweat and my mind is melted and does not want to work, I am thankful that I get to be here, to work alongside our amazing African partners.
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