The Land of a Thousand Hills
In June, Jan Ransom led a small party to Rwanda to reinforce links, enhance networks and to build confidence, as part of preparations for a possible future healing conference.
We had a truly wonderful week in Rwanda, the beautiful country of a thousand hills. We were met by a Pastor who runs a Christian radio station, perched high above the city of Kigali. It was there that Jan had a clear sense that God was saying that the land needed to be spiritually cleansed and that we needed to encourage Rwandan leaders along this road. This developed into the central theme of our short stay.
We visited ‘Solace Ministries’, where we had the opportunity to speak to over 100 genocide widows. Later, Jan spoke at ‘Rwanda for Jesus Ministries’.
Then we met the Archbishop. He is enthusiastic about the idea of ‘cleansing the land’. About a month later, when the Archbishop visited the UK, Jan was able to link him with international experts in the area.
We spent our final day in the north west of Rwanda. We drove up to the Shyira mission station, passing a village ‘Gacaca’ court in session and witnessing at first hand the poverty of life in the ‘rugos’ (or homesteads) perched precariously on the steep hillsides.
Back in Kigali we had an hour with a senior MOD minister and were able to share with him about the UK’s chaplaincies and Military Christian Fellowships – Rwandan forces have neither.
It was truly a wonderful week, full of Godly encounters and renewed friendships.