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I apologize for the barrenness of the blog these past two weeks. Here's what has been going on:

Two Tuesdays ago, I was sent to the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) to help with recruiting for some ex-pat positions that FH-DRC is trying to fill. They are very shorthanded when it comes to proficient English speakers, so I got the nod. I spent ten days setting up interviews, checking references, and compiling sweet Excel sheets (thank you Stephen Dyer for showing me how to create borders) to help streamline the hiring process, which has been going dreadfully slow up to this point. I spent all my time in Bukavu, which is closer to Rwanda than Bridge City is to Louisiana. I stayed at the Country Director's house, which is on lake front property on Lake Kivu. The view is absolutely stunning. The DRC, especially in the east, is very unstable in parts, but my whole time there I felt like I was on vacation. I met some great people and got to see another country in Africa and a little bit of the operations of FH there. It was a wonderful trip.

I arrived back in Rwanda this past Saturday and got to spend the weekend relaxing and processing my experiences, which was invaluable. But today, its back to the office in Kigali. I have plenty of work to do, some remaining from the Congo, some new stuff for here in Rwanda. I think I'm going to Butare (a town in the south of Rwanda) on Wednesday or so to do some cataloging of businesses, which should be fun.

I feel like my stay in DRC was somewhat of a rite of passage for my time here in Africa. It was very calm the whole time where I was, but it forced me to confront the fact that the problems these countries face are very real and require much thought, compassion, prayer, and humility, and time to deal with them. If learn nothing else, I think that is a valuable lesson to be learned.


Good words:
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." John 1:5