Mar 6 – 8:  Kindness and Compassion Day 1 The women and girls are all previous retreat participants, so it was good for everyone to reconnect. Craft time gives the women a chance to be creative and to share. Tea time is important too. For many women who struggle to provide one meal a day for their families, tea time is a special treat. After a lesson on how God cares for us, the women started a mural, made of butterflies covered with words describing how God sees them. Mural

Feb 28 – Mar 1: Walking Together in Hope Day 1 While the first day was filled with laughter, singing, teaching and storytelling, there is so much pain and trauma that still needs healing. Unlike previous retreats, all the women participating this time were educated professionals. Participants and leaders of women’s healing retreat Day 2 After Mackensy led morning exercises, the women continued to tell their stories. In past retreats,  lessons would start by 10 am. But a stron

Feb 28 – Mar 1: Walking Together in Hope Day 1 While the first day was filled with laughter, singing, teaching and storytelling, there is so much pain and trauma that still needs healing. Unlike previous retreats, all the women participating this time were educated professionals. Participants and leaders of women’s healing retreat Day 2 After Mackensy led morning exercises, the women continued to tell their stories. In past retreats,  lessons would start by 10 am. But a stron

Editors note: This just in from Kae Neufeld, Mackensy Cumin and Susan Dueck who are in Rwanda to help deliver healing retreats to YEGO recipients. It’s so perfect, and has such a beautiful lesson of patience and gratitude, that I reproduce it here in its entirety. Challenge: The van needed air in the tires before we headed south to the Retreat Centre. Miracle: We found a service station with a working air pump after only the third try. Challenge: After about an hour and a hal

Editors note: This just in from Kae Neufeld, Mackensy Cumin and Susan Dueck who are in Rwanda to help deliver healing retreats to YEGO recipients. It’s so perfect, and has such a beautiful lesson of patience and gratitude, that I reproduce it here in its entirety. Challenge: The van needed air in the tires before we headed south to the Retreat Centre. Miracle: We found a service station with a working air pump after only the third try. Challenge: After about an hour and a hal