A very special and honored visitor.
Pastor Leonard Byenda, a Presbyterian pastor, has been connected to Urukundo for many years. He was the first to welcome me when I arrived in Kibirigi, Gitarama, in 2004. He solved many problems for me. He came to our home, taught my girls Bible stories and was a father figure for them. We were not yet Urukundo Foundation and only had 13 girls at that time. We visited his church many times during those first years.
At that time, we were giving goats to families who were in need. Goats were given to the older women in his congregation who were genocide survivors. I remember one occasion while visiting his church at Mpushi. The women who received the goats decided to give me a gift. It was kind of them. They did not know I was afraid of live chickens. I had been flogged as a child by a mean chicken. The fear stayed with me. The dear woman carried a wrapped bundle (a live chicken) up to the pulpit and handed the bundle to me.The cover came off. I screamed, dropped the chicken and ran from the church. Embarrassing moment. Yep, to say the least. Everyone, including the children laughed and applauded my performance. They never gave me another chicken. The next gift was a live sheep.
Second visitor
Clementine Murekateta, paid us an unexpected visit. She was most welcome.
She is the mother of our boy Kaboss.