Love Rwanda - A Chid's Inner-vision

[tonyg]

A reflection on my daughter’s recent trip to Rwanda. She and her peers from Manhattan College went on a journey of a lifetime. They journeyed to an orphanage to teach and work with the children there; they themselves experienced much more. The children opened their eyes to life; the true meaning of love, simplicity, in the midst of poverty a great need. God Bless the children of Rwanda!

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She is living out her dream
Reaching for higher things
Not chasing riches or gold
She is a loving young soul

It started with a whisper
This quiet yearning within
A true loving inner-vision
Love Rwanda - love the children

From paradise to poverty
Overabundance to misery
Landfills of sculls and bones
This land they call home

Love Rwanda - love the children
Love the simplicity they live in
Sincerity - yet so poor and alone
Rwanda - the land they call home

Painful memories opened eyes
Of inhumanity and genocide
Hundreds of thousands died
Now they walk side by side

Love Rwanda - love the children
Alone in the land they call home
Absent of wealth - without greed
Loving children smiling tenderly

Their tiny hands and giant hearts
Beaming eyes extending lovingly
Children, teaching us about Mission
Love Rwanda - love the children
Love Rwanda - A Child’s Inner-vision

 

[Aussiegal]

What a beautiful heartfelt poem, I wish all of our children could have the opportunity to visit this place-So much suffering went on there, how much our children would learn.

I didn’t understand much about Rwanda and the genocide until I read Immaculee Ilibagiza’s book- “Left to Tell” about her personnel story of discovering God in the Rwandan Holocaust, truely amazing and inspirational story. I think she does a lot of good work with the orphans in Rwanda, and your story told it from your daughters point of view, Thank-you for sharing.

 

[tonyg]

What a beautiful heartfelt poem, I wish all of our children could have the opportunity to visit this place-So much suffering went on there, how much our children would learn.

I didn’t understand much about Rwanda and the genocide until I read Immaculee Ilibagiza’s book- “Left to Tell” about her personnel story of discovering God in the Rwandan Holocaust, truely amazing and inspirational story. I think she does a lot of good work with the orphans in Rwanda, and your story told it from your daughters point of view, Thank-you for sharing.

Immaculee shared her story at Manhattan College last year. My daughter said it was an extremely moving account of her life experience. One of the young men that went on the trip also lives in Rwanda with his family. The family invited the group to their home for dinner one day. The young man was only a child when the genocide occurred; he is still greatly troubled by his real lie experience there. Thank you for responding. Anthony

 

[Aussiegal]

Immaculee shared her story at Manhattan College last year. My daughter said it was an extremely moving account of her life experience. One of the young men that went on the trip also lives in Rwanda with his family. The family invited the group to their home for dinner one day. The young man was only a child when the genocide occurred; he is still greatly troubled by his real lie experience there. Thank you for responding. Anthony

Hi Anthony,

It’s amazing, we can’t even begin to imagine the magnitude of these people’s suffering and how they manage to get through each day. How mankind can inflict this evil on thier own people let alone thier neighbours and friends.

I have read all of Immaculee’s books and have just finished watching “If only we had Listened” by Sean Bloomfield. You might have already seen it but it tells the whole story of the genocide, the prophecy of Kibeho where our Lady appeared and her warnings of the genocide[It has been approved by the Vatican].Well worth watching a real testimony of faith!