Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2011: Day #5
Today was quite different than the preceding three days of visiting genocide memorial sites. This morning we visited a TIG prison farm...
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Apr 12, 20111 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2011: Day #3
There are no words for Murambi. Our group of 40 Rwandans and internationals spent the day at Murambi today. It was a rough day for all of...
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Apr 11, 20112 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2011: Day #4
Inspiring morning at the Closing Ceremonies of the National Week of Mourning at the Rebero Genocide Memorial, just outside of Kigali. In...
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Apr 10, 20112 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2011: Day #2
This will be short posting. It’s already 12:20 am and we have an early departure in the morning. We spent the morning at the Kigali...
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Apr 10, 20112 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2011: Day #1
Our 2nd Peacemaker Institute Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat began this afternoon with orientation, introductions, and a really powerful...
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Apr 9, 20112 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2011: Peacemaker Retreat Begins Tomorrow.
Our Peacemaker Institute staff attended the opening ceremonies of the National Week of Commemoration and Mourning, honoring the victims...
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Apr 6, 20113 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2011: Peacemaker Team in Rwanda
As one would imagine, our second visit to Rwanda has been a deep plunge into not knowing and bearing witness. As I write this report, I’m...
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May 1, 20109 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2010: Reflections by Roshi Genro Gauntt
Call me Kamanzi. On our final night in Rwanda before returning home, Issa Higiro gave Fleet Maull and I new Kinyarwanda names. Fleet...
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Apr 22, 20106 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2010: Summary Reflections
(All of Fleet’s daily blog entries from the retreat are on this site) The western hemisphere air travel mess that resulted from the...
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Apr 16, 20101 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2010: Day #6
Today was our conference day. We hear presentation from our partner organizations: the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission, the...
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Apr 16, 20103 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2010: Day #5
After hour morning council circles, we boarded our bus for the 30 minute ride to the TIG work camps. TIG is a French acronym that stands...
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Apr 15, 20104 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2010: Day #4
We skipped our early morning small group councils today in order to leave early for Murambe, 3.5 hours southwest of Kigali near the...
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Apr 13, 20104 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2010: Day #3
After our morning small group councils, in which are Rwandan friends are getting more comfortable sharing their hearts each day, we...
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Apr 12, 20104 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2010: Day #2
(warning: contains highly disturbing descriptions) After our first morning council groups, two groups of nine each, both including...
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Apr 11, 20102 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2010: Day #1
We welcomed our Rwanda retreat partners and participants today at our retreat headquarters at the Presbyterian Church Guesthouse in...
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Apr 10, 20102 min read
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat 2010: Pre-Retreat Preparations
Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat Pre-Retreat Preparations in Rwanda April 9 & 10 We arrived in Rwanda on Thursday evening and just finished...
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