Day 5.1 – Anticipation

October 4, 2014 Joey Cope 0

The Seeds of Peace Conference Center was in a beautiful spot, as we realized in the daylight. Lake Muhazi was literally at our doors and it lie still and quiet. Our anticipation for the events of the day grew. The proximity of the lake also explained the exponentially higher number [read more]

Day 4.2 – Alone

October 4, 2014 Joey Cope 0

Following the training on Tuesday afternoon, we loaded our duffel bags of donations for the refugee camp on a large bus, grabbed a few things for overnight, and began our first trek into the Rwandan countryside. Our destination for the night was the Seeds of Peace Conference Center on Lake [read more]

Africa Posts Forecast

September 26, 2014 Joey Cope 0

On Saturday morning, September 27, we will board a plane in Kigali, Rwanda to fly to Nairobi, Kenya. We will be hosted by the Made In The Streets Ministry there. We know that we will have some internet connectivity, but access may be limited. Just saying that to say, that [read more]

Day 4.1 – Serious

September 26, 2014 Joey Cope 0

As indicated in the previous post, the training of the district security forces, along with a number of other leaders in law enforcement and government agencies, was a tremendous success on Monday and only got better on Tuesday. One thing for certain, the men and women gathered for the training [read more]

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Day 2 – Special Edition

September 25, 2014 Joey Cope 0

I hesitated to post the earlier entry, “Hallelujah!”, because I was hoping to snag a video from the church service from another team member. Several tried to connect me to theirs last night. But the file was too big and the bandwidth too small. So, after several days of frustration, I’m [read more]