I’m really happy in Rwanda. There’s a lot of reasons that I could give for that. Lets see it’s clean, Kigali is awesome, and I had a ricotta cheese, tomato, and spinach calzone to eat last night. But seriously I could feel an immediate change in myself when we arrived in Rwanda. I really had to ask myself why, because it was so noticeable. There is something about Rwanda that feels comfortable.
Last Sunday night the team and I went to a worship service. Service started at 5 and went umm well until everyone was done worshipping. That night it went until 9, so yep 4 hours. If I were to know that before going I probably would have freaked out in my head about how long we were gonna be there. I am so glad we went though. I’m not sure how to describe cardio worship workout that night, except maybe in those exact words. There was jumping, picking up chairs, legs used as air guitars, and at one point people jumping on people. Four hours of this and I was completely exhausted and completely joyful. At one point I stopped dancing and just looked around and figured it out, what was so different in this moment, during this worship. People in this church really loved each other. They were all friends. The overwhelming feeling of friendship made it hard to not feel loved.
I think this is why I feel happy here. I am refreshed here. I even go running here. (I decided this is the year that I really become a runner) 😉 Africa has the potential to ware on you. Please don’t get me wrong I love Africa but being away from so many sources of comfort for a long period of time is just hard at times. I was hoping that I was the type of person who could do without comfort forever, but im not. And that’s ok. Kigali (the city we are in, in Rwanda) has provided me with the little comforts of home I was craving. I have energy here to move on to what’s next.
Beautiful Kigali .
Sol E Luna Restaurant.
