Road Less Traveled

Kat Watson is a borrowed talent member in charge of hosting Bridge2Rwanda visitors. Like all of our team, Kat is falling in love with Rwanda and by reading her blog, Roads Less Traveled (http://athousandhills.tumblr.com/page/2), you can experience Rwanda with her. Below is a post from Kat’s blog.

Last Wednesday Mark, Griffin, and I went on quite an adventure. Griffin is the new Tour Manager for Ishema Hotel and is going to do amazing things for the tourism in Rwanda. We wanted to try out some of the activities available so that we can have a better idea of what to suggest to our visitors. Our day started out going to a Community Walk in Musanze. They walked us through the village and explained what the community would have looked like during the time of the last king in 1959. We dressed up and the warriors danced for us in the king’s hut. Then we visited the medicine man and he showed us different healing plants. I ground seeds and the boys shot off bow and arrows. We were given traditional drumming and dancing lessons and had such a wonderful time meeting the people and learning about their culture. They are so generous with their time and so inviting to their guests. We then drove out to Lake Barera to look into boat and fishing tours. We ran across a little restaurant and decided to order some food. As is typical in Rwanda, we had to wait a very long time for it to be prepared. In fact, they actually had to catch and kill the animals that they were serving us. In the mean time, we played with the little children that were swimming and fishing on the shore. You’ve never heard such contagious laughter. It was surreal to be surrounded by an area so untouched by western culture. Most of the boats we saw were dugout canoes and the fishing rods were just strings tied onto sticks. The restaurant kitchen was outdoors and the luckier rabbits were still hopping around outside. They pulled a crude wooden table and some beach chairs up on the shore while we ate. It was incredible!! It is moments like these were I look around and I am overwhelmed by the Lord that we serve. And humbled at how beautiful His creation is. I don’t believe that anyone can come to Rwanda and not feel God’s presence here.

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