Pictured above is our dear friend, Charles Kabeza. On this day we were in Gisenyi in the Western Province of Rwanda with a group of friends and family members. Just behind Charles is the place where his brother and sister were killed. When the militias came, his brother ran to the left, his sister was on the right and he jumped over the fence in the back. He was the only one who survived. This day was the first time since 1994 that Charles had revisited this site. He came back with those who loved him to tell his story of what happened. Telling the story helped him to heal. Telling the story helped him to forgive.
Pictured right is another memorial where the bones of genocide victims were gathered for burial.
May we forgive as we remember. May we purge hatred and fear as we remember. May this never happen again. Not in our time. Not on our watch.
