On Safari?

We had an early morning start, we left at 4 am for Akagara park to view the animals. I guess you have to be hunting to be on a safari and we didn’t do any hunting. 3 ½ hours each way in the van gave us…Read On…

Forward in Faith

I’ve been recording lots of video that I hopefully can share with many of you upon our return. I’d like to begin with the night of Saturday the 17th. We as a team have drawn closer and closer together as the days go by…Read On…

Compassion Visit

On Thursday Nicole and I received a phone call that our drivers had arrived to our guest house to pick us up ten minutes early and they were waiting for us outside. What?! I didn’t know that drivers…Read On…

Faith Village Children

On the road, our SUV is passing trucks hauling mattresses, motorcycle taxis, and bicycles, all traveling at their own speeds and in their own directions. Off on the side of the road…Read On…

Nyarugenge Prison

We got to sit in the front and you could feel the Holy Spirit in the room. We expected to be speaking to a small group of women and children but…Read On…

Mighty to Save

What a mighty God we serve! We have been privileged to experience the mighty power of God in many ways these past couple of days. Not only has he brought us all here to Rwanda safely…Read On…

THANK YOU!

Great news! You helped us raise the funds, now it’s time to raise the roof! Early last week, we were able to complete our “Raise the Roof” campaign by raising the $24,000 needed to complete the roof on the first set of four homes for orphaned and abandoned children at Faith Village! We are grateful to God and to the many New Mercies friends and partners who prayed and gave toward this goal. It gets even better though…. Read On…

Humbled by the Experience

I can’t say enough for how well our team worked together.

The first day we were in Rwanda we went to the Genocide Memorial. I can’t even imagine what the people went through. After being there for a while it got hard for me to even read or watch the videos because I was so emotional about what had taken place. It made me feel sick to my stomach. It was a good thing though, because it helped me to understand what the people of Rwanda are still living and dealing with today…Read On…