by Dave Votaw | Jun 11, 2019 | Team Blog
Here’s a picture of the center of the city, taken from the top of the mountain to the north. The tall building with the round ball on top is called the Grand Millenium. It was the site of our farewell dinner on our last night in country. Dave Votaw, Supervisor,...
by Dave Votaw | Jun 4, 2019 | Team Blog
04 JUNE, 2019 Today we got to meet Pastor Joseph and hear about his ministry. He is from the capital city of this country, and is the senior pastor of its largest Christian church. Pastor Joseph’s church celebrating Palm Sunday photo from Facebook “The Holy...
by Karen Votaw | May 30, 2019 | Team Blog
Taxis – I love them, just don’t put me in one by myself!!! There are a gazillion taxis in this town. You can’t stand more than a minute before one whizzes by you. We call Samson the taxi whisperer. He can hail a taxi, name a place and a price, close the deal...
by Dave Votaw | May 29, 2019 | Team Blog
Amna Suraka In this room, each mirror shard represents a life lost in the genocide. Each ceiling light represents a child that was killed. DAVE VOTAW RTI teacher on field work assignment Yesterday, my young friend Abe (who is only 22, but grew up in this city) took me...
by Dave Votaw | May 25, 2019 | Team Blog
Dave Votaw, Supervisor, The RTI Project 24 May 2019 In the last few days we’ve been to the BUH-zar, joined a restaurant full of Muslims for Iftar, and visited the site of an ancient church from about 1500 years ago. I’m going to post some pictures below...
by Karen Votaw | May 23, 2019 | Team Blog
Karen Votaw, Supervisor, The RTI Project 24 May 2019 We hadn’t been here half a week, when the people that were in charge of us, met with us and told us we had come into this country on a low level alert, but now it had gone up a notch. We were warned to keep our eyes...
