Kishanje

On Wednesday morning we got up early and headed into the mountains near the Rwonda border. We were going to visit one of the orphanages run by Juna Amagara and especially to visit Steve's sponsor child. Below are a couple of pictures of the village of Kishanje.

The scenery was magnificant.

We arrived at the orphanage where Steve met his sponsor child.

We then drove across the valley to a place where we could leave our vehicle and hiked up the mountain to the sponsor child's home.

Here is his sister Grace.

Grace with Curtis.

and Steve with the family.

Then back down the mountain.

One of the things that we discovered while we were there is that it is hard to know true family connections. What they may refer to as parents may only be their guardians as was the case with this family. Other times they refer to their daughter which may or may not be the daughter. As Christians it is important to know that we are the children of God. We are not children in name only but we have been adopted into the family.