Broken

"You hear O Lord, the desire of the afflicted; You encourage them, and you listen to their cry. Defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more". Psalm 10:17-18
I had the opportunity to visit the Genocide Museum in Kigali last week. It was quite an experience that I find hard to put into words. I was able to get a much better understanding of the history of this country though and the events that taken place. When we first started the museum they showed us a bunch of mass graves that held over 250,000 thousand people that were part of the million that died as a result of the Genocide. It is really hard to comprehend that many deaths in such a short period of time. As you begin to get a glimpse into what happened back in 94, the injustice, and how people have dealt with it since, or lack there of, it does make it easier to put together the pieces of where the state of this country is at. As I have learned about what has happened in Rwanda and what has happened and is happening in other countries in Africa, I realize more and more just how Broken a world it is that we live in. It his hard to comprehend and relate to the possibility that anyone I see over the age of maybe 25 or 30 has seen their family or friends killed or has killed someone. It has been interesting to slowly hear stories of how people had to watch their brothers, sisters, parents, husbands, and wives get killed. There is still so much to learn about the needs of this country. It is poor just like most of Africa and I live in the city which is supposed to be developed and have not even reached the villages yet. The effects of Genocide play a huge part in its development. People are not educated and there are not enough jobs. My gatekeeper or watchman at the house leaves his wife and kids from the village in Northern Rwanda so that he can get a job here earning a couple bucks a day to provide for his family.Everyone comes from the villages to try and find a job. Orphans, widows, and poverty are a part of life and it only gets worse. Children need educated for change and that is the true blessing of this school and the kids that get to go to it.