Ready, set, go!

Sixteen people will leave Boston Logan tomorrow afternoon for Rwanda.  We're going to participate in the work of REACH, along with our friend, the Rev. Philbert Kalisa and the staff and members of the organization.

We'll visit communities throughout Rwanda where REACH is doing the work of reconciliation, bringing people together across the lines of the artificially constructed ethnic divisions left behind by the colonialists.  These divisions led to one of the world's worst nightmares in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.  Rwandans now face the monumental task of building a new society and a culture of unity, forgiveness and reconciliation.

We're going to play some small part in supporting them in this work.  We'll visit Unity Groups that include both Hutu and Tutsi people.  We'll meet survivors of the genocide, as well as perpetrators, and we'll hear their painful stories.  We'll witness the restorative justice program where ex-prisoners from the genocide are building homes for the victims of their crimes.  I think we'll be spending part of a day helping them build someone's home.

Check this space in the coming days.  We hope to be able to share some of our experience -- and perhaps some pictures, too!  And please keep us in your prayers.