Week One

When my sister Robyn and I arrived with our grandparents we had no expectations for what we would encounter or see in this land. When we went to the vista station the man there said he would give 100 cows to marry me. Most the time they are joking around but if you give any indication that you would consider they will jump right on it and be all seriousness. There are so many cultural differences and im loving it. Grace (the cook) is a wonderful and funny girl. She is fun to be around. My aunt Sera is most definitely special to me and close at heart. She is a very hard worker. today ill tell you Sera Kasonga's story. When she was a young girl she lived with her aunt and uncle and cousins in Rwanda in the time of destruction. She was only a child when the bad people came in and broke her family. The men tortured her uncle and made him watch as they raped his wife and daughters then killed his wife, then beheaded the uncle. This whole time Sera and her younger cousins are being forced to stay and watch as well. Her older cousins were put into bags and thrown into the waters. one of her cousins had escaped and found little Sera and her little cousins. The few of them walked from Rwanda to Uganda without water or food. Today Sera lives in her own home and has provided a home for 16 boys whom she took off the streets and pulled them from the life of thieving, molestation, disease, and starvation. Sera Kasonga has become a hero of mine. She is the most loving woman i know. She has a heart for people and God. I do apologize for the detailed graphicness, but this is a reality and there is no nice way to say the truth about peoples lives. So many of these people have a story full of darkness and despair. I ask that you keep them all in thought and prayer.