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Today was quite different than the preceding three days of visiting genocide memorial sites. This morning we visited a TIG prison farm...

There are no words for Murambi. Our group of 40 Rwandans and internationals spent the day at Murambi today. It was a rough day for all of...

Inspiring morning at the Closing Ceremonies of the National Week of Mourning at the Rebero Genocide Memorial, just outside of Kigali. In...

This will be short posting.  It’s already 12:20 am and we have an early departure in the morning. We spent the morning at the Kigali...

Our 2nd Peacemaker Institute Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat began this afternoon with orientation, introductions, and a really powerful...

Our Peacemaker Institute staff attended the opening ceremonies of the National Week of Commemoration and Mourning, honoring the victims...

As one would imagine, our second visit to Rwanda has been a deep plunge into not knowing and bearing witness. As I write this report, I’m...

 Rwanda surprises us as one of the safest and most welcoming countries on the continent.  What a joy to be home again.

Today was our conference day. We hear presentation from our partner organizations: the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission, the...

After hour morning council circles, we boarded our bus for the 30 minute ride to the TIG work camps. TIG is a French acronym that stands...

We skipped our early morning small group councils today in order to leave early for Murambe, 3.5 hours southwest of Kigali near the...

After our morning small group councils, in which are Rwandan friends are getting more comfortable sharing their hearts each day, we...

(warning: contains highly disturbing descriptions) After our first morning council groups, two groups of nine each, both including...

We welcomed our Rwanda retreat partners and participants today at our retreat headquarters at the Presbyterian Church Guesthouse in...

Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat Pre-Retreat Preparations in Rwanda April 9 & 10 We arrived in Rwanda on Thursday evening and just finished...