In the Volcano's Shadow

After spending a few days at home in Uganda enjoying the peacefulness of Entebbe I have now arrived in the DR Congo. My travel here went surprisingly without any difficulties and I am already quite busy with my new tasks. We are putting together ten thousand "hygiene kits" for distribution to internally displaced people(IDPs) in the surrounding areas
Goma is a beautiful town situated on the shores of Lake Kivu and bordering Rwanda. It has seen some of the most intense fighting in Congo's ongoing conflicts and in 1994 received a large portion of the Rwandan refugees caught up in the genocide. It is also a city rebuilding itself on the lava that flowed through the town from the nearby volcano in 2002. As we drive along we bump along over the porous rock and dodge the occasional puddle. It is refreshing to be somewhere where it is raining and green, especially after five months without any rain in Sudan.
I am continuing to adjust to the languages as my mind is inundated with Swahili and French; it can be exhausting spending the whole day speaking a language other than my own. Thank you to all who have been praying for my transition.

I will try to get some pictures up in the near future but I no longer have my camera and will rely on my teammates for their pictures.