Sweet Time
This week has been a precious time spent with our ladies...and the time is going by much too quickly. It's so hard to believe that this team has already been in Rwanda for a week! We are treasuring each sacred moment with each other, the staff, the widows and our TVM children.
Tuesday was spent at our piece of land as the ladies and the TVM staff took part in their bi-monthly training classes on sheep rearing. Our team worked all day moving volcanic rock to the perimeter of our land - just trying to give our property better footing conditions for our 25 sheep. The rams were introduced a few weeks ago so we know we only have about 4 months before things get overcrowded there! Acquiring additional land is definitely at the top of our needs list so we would appreciate your prayers for discernment as we are growing. Land is difficult to locate but we have been introduced to a very large piece, which is available for purchase near a main road with piped-in water. We are prayerful this land will be available when we are ready to purchase a larger area for our flock. Our new training center and office will still be built on our existing property.
Wednesday we were able to make it to the office in time to share in the ladies' daily worship which begins at 7:45 am - each and every morning. This was definitely a high point in our week. To see these ladies on their knees before God, thanking him for the great things he has done here is the greatest blessing of all. Nothing else comes close.
We have been working side by side with the ladies at our rented office in Musanze. We are focusing on producing a really high quality yarn for our partners at KidKnits. At the present time we cannot produce yarn in the quantities that is already in very high demand! Our team worked on preparing the raw wool for spinning so the ladies could make a lot of progress in production. It was so sweet spending time with them and experiencing first hand how meticulous they have become about their work. They take so much pride in this work and they are growing more confident every time I see them.
Today we returned to the office and the women were bringing in loads and loads of Coreopsis petals they had collected for organically dyeing the yarn. The team was so intrigued as they watched the last step in this very tedious process - truly beautiful.
We have been so blessed to have been in community with these precious ladies this week. Tomorrow begins a holiday weekend here in Rwanda so the ladies will be off for a couple of days. We plan to visit a nearby tea plantation tomorrow and be back at the property to do some more rock hauling on Saturday.
We are thrilled that our worship leader, Mary Claire LeDoux finally made it to Rwanda tonight! It's going to be a great weekend!
The team sends their love and prayers! Everyone is doing great and really absorbing every precious second with these ladies they have very quickly come to love. Thank you so much for your continued prayers for True Vineyard and this team.
In His Grip,
Diana
