Perhaps the most entertaining story of the past week was on a trip to Kibeho with the kids and Donna from New Hope Homes. Donna has a sincere and amazing connection with a nun who lives in Kibeho, a small town high up on a mountain in the southern part of Rwanda. This place is one of a few in the world that the Catholic church has deemed holy - a place where Mary has been seen in visions and prophecies. The woman who saw her as a school girl in the 1980s is still there, praying for and ministering to people. Now that the background is done... here's the story:
We visited Kibeho and went to mass there last Sunday. I took the kids to a nearby restaurant for lunch and we learned that instead of eating there, we needed to get back home ASAP so our lunch was quickly shoveled into to go containers and we were, pedal to the metal, cruising back through the mountains. Did I say the roads in Rwanda are amazing? They are, but they are still very windy, and can get bumpy in places. Combine these roads with children's full bellies and you get yes, you guessed it, some rather unpleasant sounds, smells, and sights. I don't think I've ever seen --I'm going to say it, puke-- in so many ziploc bags before. It was actually really funny. I'm glad I have a strong stomach. :)
So after the puking was done, we get pulled over. The situation was solved a few hours later, but in the meantime our car is having a lot of trouble starting. Thank goodness I burned my foot, because I had a roll of medical tape with me. The driver used my tape to keep the chords connected to the battery and secured it down with a big rock. It was ingenious. I was very impressed.
Eventually, we made it home and I was able to catch some sleep. But I'm pretty sure its not possible to travel anywhere without at least a little entertainment. :)
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