Mon-Wed this week, we went to Uvira, a smaller town south of
here. The good road goes through Rwanda, so we had to cross the border twice in
about an hour. That takes a while. It’s warmer in Uvira, but it’s a city
surrounded by beauty – mountains on one side and Lake Tanganyika on the other.
Unfortunately, we didn’t get any pictures (in typical Mark and Karen style).
But we did eat a lot of fish! And mangoes!
We met with Pastor Ron, the leader of an MCC partner
organization called Shalom Ministries which is connected to a Mennonite Brethren
church there. They work in many different areas, including girls’ education,
agriculture for pygmies, women’s sewing and trauma healing (through HROC –
Healing and Reconciling our Communities). On the trip out, we passed through an
area where a massacre occurred within the last year and 40 people were killed.
Shalom Ministries is planning a trauma healing and alternatives to violence
training to happen close to that village soon. We’re looking forward to working
with them through Seed.
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