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Rwanda Journal #3: Baltimore and Books
Follow all of my Rwanda Journal posts here. Today was a full day of travel. And I’m only really just getting started. My alarm went off at 3:30 am Pacific time in Seattle… sufficient time for a...
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Rwanda Journal #4: Catholic Relief Services Egan Orientation
Follow all of my Rwanda Journal posts here. Today started bright and early with a wake up call that roused me from a short but delicious sleep. Our hotel — the Days Inn Baltimore Inner Harbor — is...
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Rwanda Journal #5: Addis Ababa Airport
Follow all of my Rwanda Journal posts here. As I write this, I’m sitting in Terminal 1 at Addis Ababa Airport in Ethiopia, waiting for our connecting flight to Kigali, Rwanda. Try as I might, I can’t...
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Rwanda Journal #6: Arriving in Kigali, Rwanda
Follow all of my Rwanda Journal posts here. Greetings from Kigali, the capital city of the country of Rwanda and our first destination after a very long day of travel. Praise be to God, our flights...
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Rwanda Journal #7: CRS Rwanda, Episcopal Conference & Kigali Memorial Centre
Follow all of my Rwanda Journal posts here. The more time I spend in Rwanda, the more I see it as an amazing place of both contradictions and of consistencies. Permit me to ponder this for a few...
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Rwanda Journal #8: Grief, Forgiveness, New Friendships and Selfies
Follow all of my Rwanda Journal posts here. Today’s journal entry is going to be exceptionally short. While the day was filled with amazing memories, I am operating on three hours sleep (too much...
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Rwanda Journal #9: Holy Mass, Coffee Growers, Genocide Memorial and Our Lady...
Follow all of my Rwanda Journal posts here. Mass, Our Lady of Wisdom, Diocese of Butare Mass at Our Lady of Wisdom, Butare This day started with an early wake up call — we were off to Mass bright and...
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Rwanda Journal #10: A Bishop, A Bashed Nose, Goodies and Experts
Follow all of my Rwanda Journal posts here. First of all, please accept my apologies for the abbreviated post yesterday. While the hotel we stayed in — the Centre Saint Andre owned by the Diocese of...
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Rwanda Journal #11: SILC, Strategic Support and a Celebration
Follow all of my Rwanda Journal posts here. While my body is officially back home in Fresno, California today, my heart and mind remain torn between this place and the green hills of Rwanda, half a...
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Rwanda Journal #12: What I’ve Learned & How I Feel
Follow all of my Rwanda Journal posts here. Today for the first time since returning home from Rwanda last Sunday night, I’m feeling back to “normal” physically. My ears have stopped ringing from...
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