20+ hours after leaving Hong Kong, we arrived in Kigali and checked into the guest house of African Evangelical Enterprise Rwanda. From 2013 to 2019, we came here every summer. When we went home in 2019, we didn’t expect that it would be 3 three years before we could come again. When we meet our old friends again, some of whom we have known for 10 years, everyone was quite excited, even emotional.
Among the team of 15, 12 have never been to Rwanda before. In fact, this is the first time that they set foot in Africa. I had suggested that they watched out of the airplane when our plane crossed onto Africa. But it was dark outside when it happened.
We did ask them to keep their eyes open when we got out of the airport in Kigali, on our way to the AEE guesthouse. Rwanda can be quite different from many people’ conception of Africa.
For the coming 2 weeks, this is our home away from home.
Then we had early dinner - beans, vegetables a few pieces of beef, sauce and fruit. The team seem to be having a good appetite - a good start.
Afterwards, we started checking the material we left behind from the last time we were here: solar panels, cables, tools, … At the same time, we sat down with our partner to map out what we are going to do, starting from tomorrow, Sunday.
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