Back at the Village

We are back in Rwanda at Rafiki Village. It is just impossible to tell you how great it is to see the children on the village. Everyone here has a renewed spirit. How12 little children, that are not your own flesh and blood, can affect your heart is certainly a gift from God. Rafiki Village Rwanda has suddenly and drastically changed from just a construction zone to an operational village. Which brings with it another set of duties, workloads and even a few problems, but there is a different new attitude view. As one of our ROS said "exhausting and exhilarating". Three of the four ROS teams here at Rafiki will have newsletters out in February, please check the Rafiki Foundations Web site later in February for all the recent details and photos. If anyone is interested in helping support one of these orphaned children at Rafiki Village Rwanda please contact the home office in Florida at (407) 557-2850 for more details.

There are so many things that are great about being here in Rwanda, as if having 12 beautiful new children were not enough. One is being assured we are exactly where God wants us at this time in our lives, doing what He has ordained for us. Another is that we have Christmas several times a year. This week we were blessed to have 6 packages arrive from friends in the States, loaded with Christmas goodies; a hand made Christmas wreath (well, I guess there are really no natural Christmas wreaths), ornaments, spicy almonds, cookies, drink mixes, Christmas stockings with espresso candy and a Swahili language program.
We are blessed to have such wonderful friends and family, not because of the packages, which are great, but because of the love and prayers that come with them. We could get by without the packages, but your support and prayers are what really sustains us and Rafiki.

Merry Christmas "in January" and God bless.