Day 7 – Common

Friday, September 26, was our last full day in Kigali. We began the day with breakfast prepared by the wonderful kitchen staff at the ALARM Rwanda facility and entered our last day of training with the executive staff of ALARM. As a team, we had begun to see and understand what we truly held in common with these wonderful Rwandans and with each other.

Aaron Horn coordinated most of the training that day. In addition to conflict resolution topics, the staff had asked for assistance in business management skills and planning. Aaron’s service played an important role for ALARM Rwanda as they looked forward to submitting their own strategic plan to their board of directors in the next week.

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And, the change of pace allowed the rest of us to begin organizing our belongings for our short move over to Nairobi the next day. As is traditional in these settings, the ALARM staff had planned a closing ceremony at the end of the day. We gathered together for one last moment. Our African friends sang for us and we prayed with them — to the One we have in common.

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We weren’t quite done. Raymond, the executive director of the Kinyinya District, invited us out to dinner. So we made our way to a nearby hotel where Raymond proudly showed us a pilot project — a beautiful housing subdivision and a model for the rest of Kigali.

Allison in BedWe were blessed. We had so much in common.

We returned to our rooms at ALARM Rwanda and prepared for bed and our next adventure — KENYA!!!