Sunday, 17 November 2013

Neither Ruth nor I can get our laptops to work so again using phone ! Exhausting 12 hr day ! Moved hotels , Diane our link from rwanda pall care assoc said we had been put there as gov conference in town and all decent hotels booked but luckily found as one for tonight which is much better although prob homeless tomorrow . We attended a 3 hour African Anglican service on the 5 th floor of an office block ( no lift ) gospel choir amazing but interesting sermon on how Moses said it was a sin to be a vegetarian ?? Then we went to lunch with Diane and her family and spent hours talking about problems which I can't put on this site which is not private within pall care arrangements here . Exhausted we left to visit the genocide memorial and museum , harrowing would be an understatement  . After rooms on the Rwandan genocide it took you through similar episodes against Armenians , Jews , namibians , Cambodia  , Bosnia  . We were them accused of presenting a terrorist threat by an armed guard for waiting in the wrong place for out taxi . So in one day my mid 60 year old , 5 ft grey haired companion was accused of being a sinner and a terrorist threat !! We have just had supper with Liz and Mary from THET who have left us numerous tasks as they fly home tomorrow !! Eg hiring drivers to take us out to health centres , trying to speak to various people !! Still Elspeth I am really grateful for the dairy milk having one with bed time lemon and ginger tea provided by Ruth.

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  1. The museum on the Rwandan genocide must have been incredible. It sounds similar to the one in Berlin, which again refers to the incidence of recent genocide around the world in the present day. We don't seem to have learned much from past mistakes and it's terrifying to think of how neighbour can turn on neighbour relatively easily.

    I am interested in why Moses thinks being a vegetarian is a sin? It's pretty difficult to cook for them at practice meetings, but that seems to go a little far!

    Looking forward to hearing the details when you return, keep up the good work!
    Lucy

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