Comments on: Rwandan Genocide: Hope Lives

By: Shannon Sears

Shannon Sears — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:58:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story! God speaks through his children…

By: Amanda Cacciotti

Amanda Cacciotti — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:05:36 +0000

Katy,

I have also recently been in Rwanda and have very similar thoughts. I am contemplating putting together some sort of book about Rwanda. I’m not sure yet what I want to do, but I know that there are many stories that still need to be shared about what’s happened in Rwanda since ‘94. If you are interested, I would love to hear more of your stories and maybe someday include them into a book. This book idea is still new, so I don’t know what God really wants of me with this. But I do know that I am very glad to have read about your experiences. It confirms once again for me that what I saw and experienced in Rwanda is true. You can email me at (Ldyforgod@yahoo.com)

Amanda Cacciotti

By: Kees Boer

Kees Boer — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:33:10 +0000

Hi, Katy,

I’m really glad to hear that! Those children as well as all the children are precious. (That’s not to say that adults aren’t)

Kees

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:39:54 +0000

Hi Everyone! Thanks so much for your interest in the beautiful children of Rwanda, specifically the ones I mentioned. If you’d like to see more pictures, feel free to click on this link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2036839&id=73000511&l=ae9fbcd698

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:31:27 +0000

Thanks, Britt. I agree… Innocent is a good reminder to me of the importance of being thankful for what we have!

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:30:21 +0000

Hi Kees! Thanks for reading. Actually, Deborah is well taken care of already. Thanks to Compassion, specifically my incredible boss, I was able to volunteer at a place called New Hope Homes, where I lived with Deborah. New Hope Homes is ran by the wife of Compassion’s Africa VP, Dr. Laurent Mbanda. New Hope Homes provides love for 30 orphaned and abandoned children. I pray I get to see her again someday soon. I miss her, and the other children, terribly!

By: Juli Jarvis

Juli Jarvis — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:49:20 +0000

I love this story — it touched my heart.

By: Vicki Small

Vicki Small — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:31:48 +0000

One of my sponsored girls is in Rwanda. She is 15 years old. Every time I have sent a little extra money, her letters of thanks have lifted my heart and my hopes for her, her family, and Rwanda. There is wisdom in their use of every gift, with purchases that provide more opportunities for breaking the cycle of poverty.

Katy, thank you for this statement: “I am handicapped, weak, smelly and covered in filth. So many times while in this state, I am too ashamed to come to Jesus, to run to Him.” I am broken by my sin, painfully aware of those parts of my past that stink, and then broken by His love.

By: Barbara M.

Barbara M. — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:40:22 +0000

Katy, Thank you for writing about your time in Rwanda. Do you have more photos or writings of your time there? I would love to see more pictures and read more about the time you spent there. I suppose to say it was”life-changing” would be an understatement.

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:29:34 +0000

Katy,

Thank you for the exhortation

” I pray that someday each of you will get the opportunity to visit the country that stole my heart”

I very well might visit!!!

I Peter 5:7 “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for YOU!!!”