Village Visit - Ruth

Ruth, who travels by foot several miles to school each day, shyly sat in the Van next to the other sponsor children. When we were reaching her home you could see a small smile spread across her face. We were a bit confused because we weren’t traveling on the same road. When we finally arrived we noticed a small banana leaf roofed igloo-type hut. We were stunned and worried that this family that was progressing out of poverty had returned to their past condition. A half built mud hut stood right next to it and a small garden was growing was planted on the property. We followed Ruth to the hut and her parents and siblings appeared and so excited to see us. They are sponsored by Nicole and family; for three years they have been given extra monies besides the school sponsorship.

The father began to tell us that with the monies he bought this small piece of land and has been building his own hut for his family. We were overjoyed and proud of his ability to use his monies to take his family out of staggering poverty. When we met this family three years ago on our first mission to Rwanda we were overwhelmed by their poverty. To realize what a little money can do to change lives is so powerful!