Pictured above is a room full of clothes from over 6,000 people who were killed in a church building in Nyamata in the Southern Province of Rwanda. There are hundreds of sites just like this one scattered all over Rwanda. One Rwandan even said that there are as many Genocide Memorials in Rwanda as there are Wal-Marts in America.
Atop of the clothes lays a wooden cross. A symbol of hope, renewal, mercy and redemption. As proclaimers of the Good News, we are challenged with what Justice, Mercy and Forgiveness will look like in a land so devastated by evil. Our heart’s desire is for God to redeem the land from the curse of the blood that was shed with the cleansing power of the cross.
The time has come for Rwanda to have a new name, a new history. A future of hope, reconciliation, peace and justice. A future that glorifies God’s Goodness. This is our New Mission in Rwanda.
