Hey all!
As many of you know, Karen's job right now is particularly stressful. The people on the SEED team are great, it's not them, thankfully.
The stress comes from more systemic stuff that can't really be changed. In any case, our bosses told Karen and I to take some time off over the Easter Holiday.
So, last weekend we took a 3 hour drive to the town of Kibuye (aka Karongi) in Rwanda. It was really beautiful, and very restful. Please enjoy some pictures. If you think they look great, then consider yourself invited to come visit Karen and me. We'll be happy to take you to this exact spot.
The DRC side of Lake Kivu looks like this too, except the mountains are bigger and more majestic. But the roads are terrible (i.e. it takes 8-16 hours to drive 100 miles), and there's armed groups controlling the countryside, and everything is more expensive. It's such a shame. You can join us in praying for the people of the DRC. That things would change, that they would get to actually enjoy their beautiful homeland.
As many of you know, Karen's job right now is particularly stressful. The people on the SEED team are great, it's not them, thankfully.
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| Here is a picture of the SEED team, along with one of MCC's local partners (in the middle). Serge, Karen's counterpart, is on the right in purple. Vanessa, another MCC staffer, is taking a picture, and I'm taking a picture of her taking a picture. |
The stress comes from more systemic stuff that can't really be changed. In any case, our bosses told Karen and I to take some time off over the Easter Holiday.
So, last weekend we took a 3 hour drive to the town of Kibuye (aka Karongi) in Rwanda. It was really beautiful, and very restful. Please enjoy some pictures. If you think they look great, then consider yourself invited to come visit Karen and me. We'll be happy to take you to this exact spot.
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| Sunrise from our hotel. It reminded me of beautiful exotic places I'd seen in photos. Which, I guess, makes total sense. |
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| I took this picture on a morning bike ride. Karen and I stayed at a hotel on the peninsula in the middle of this photo. |
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| A view from our hotel |
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| Sunset from our hotel |
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| View fro the road on the drive from Bukavu to Kibuye. Lake Kivu looks like this pretty much the whole way around. |
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| A typical rice field in Rwanda, huddled under the lush hills all around. |
The DRC side of Lake Kivu looks like this too, except the mountains are bigger and more majestic. But the roads are terrible (i.e. it takes 8-16 hours to drive 100 miles), and there's armed groups controlling the countryside, and everything is more expensive. It's such a shame. You can join us in praying for the people of the DRC. That things would change, that they would get to actually enjoy their beautiful homeland.
Thanks for reading!
- Mark
- Mark
Beautiful pictures on hope you embraced the serenity that these views portrayed
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mark, and I am praying for a honest, just, good leader for Congo in these next elections. What happened to Decki?!? :-)
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