Our daily Rwandan trek took us today on another rutted dirt road to a very remote location. Our destination was the village of Karama, but our SUV couldn’t make it. The road became too steep and rutted. So we parked and started walking uphill. After an ascent of about 20 minutes, we knew we were getting close when we heard distant singing.

Upon our arrival, we were met with both singing and dancing. The entire village, young and old, had come out to greet us. One reason they were so happy was because of clean, safe water. For as long as anyone can remember, the people of Karama have had to fetch their water from long distances—water that often carried illness. But, a few months back, Heaven’s Family provided two-and-a-half miles of plastic pipe to bring water downhill from a distant spring. The people of Karama dug a ten-inch deep trench two-and-a-half miles! Now there are at least two water stations that I saw in the village where everyone can fill their Jerry cans every day with safe, pure water.

But the blessing goes beyond that. Our Rwandan ministry partners have introduced Farming God’s Way (FGW) coupled with God’s Love Groups (GLGs) where disciples of Jesus are born and made. When the singing and dancing ended, the village chief told us how the atmosphere of the entire village has changed because of the prosperity brought by Farming God’s Way, the health realized through safe water,  and the new sense of community experienced from God’s Love Groups. It is days like these that make all our efforts worth it!

Below are some final photos from the past few days with captions. Thanks for joining me on this journey, and thanks even more for making all this ministry possible by your investments!