Day 3 – Flexibility

September 25, 2014 Joey Cope 4

Day 3 was a learning day for us. We had been told that flexibility was a key to our success while in Africa. We began to learn about flexibility even before we began to train security forces in Rwanda. Our training session was to take place in a meeting room of the [read more]

Day 2.2 – Genocide

September 22, 2014 Joey Cope 2

After attending church and sharing a relaxed lunch back at the ALARM Training Center, our team loaded up and headed to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center. From the time Dr. Betty Gilmore envisioned this trip for us, this was the moment that we had the most questions about. How do we come [read more]

Day 2.1 – Hallelujah!

September 21, 2014 Joey Cope 3

Looking forward to our first full day in Kigali, we questioned — perhaps even dreaded — one item on our schedule. It wasn’t that we didn’t want to go to church on Sunday. We just wondered if we would be in any shape to survive the projected 4-hour service with [read more]

Day 1 – Airplane

September 21, 2014 Joey Cope 2

When determining the day counts for this blogalog, I set Day 1 as the day that we would finally be in Africa. For a while it seemed like an airplane might stand in our way for that to happen. In fact, a couple of airplanes entered into the equation. You [read more]

Day 0 – Blessings

September 19, 2014 Joey Cope 0

The turmoil over canceled flights and rebooking confusion continued until fairly late last night. But now, as I sit in the Abilene airport waiting for my flight to Dallas, I feel somewhat confident that each one of us has a seat on a plane going somewhere that will eventually connect [read more]