Beloved in Christ,Thank you so much indeed for your prayers and your invaluable help. Your support in prayers, advocacy and all various support we have received and continue to receive from you are a wonderful sign of the love of God to us, who, for many of us again, believed that God had abandoned us and does not care anymore. You have become instruments for him to show that He is the Father of

One of our partners, Paul Ndahigwa, Vice president of our partner churches "The Living Church" and pastor at Gatenga as well as being repsonsible for the Healing and Reconciliation programme in the great Lakes region and a good friend will be in Scotland from 28th April - 10th May. Some of the meetings he will be at are:Wednesday 28th April - Chryston Parish churchSunday 2nd May - Church Growth Centre,

The first official school visit to Rwanda with Comfort Rwanda is due to set out on the 11th June. The visit is a combined trip between St Andrews Episcopal School in Jackson, Mississipi and Carnoustie High School, Angus. Here the team gets together during a visit to Scotland by St Andrews School.

Singer-songwriter Joanne McAlpine, who is also the wife of our web designer Gary, has written a powerful song called NAILED.  Joanne says “Nailed is a very personal song. Although forgiveness is an issue which affects us all, the song was borne out of the difficulty of personal forgiveness and the need to be forgiven. I also wrote Nailed against the backdrop of the Rwandan genocide of 1994.

There are many survivors in Rwanda living in very poor conditions. Solace Ministries are working hard to identify as many as possible with a view to giving them the support and friendship that our SOS programme encourages.A few facts to help understand the issues some of the survivors face:Many have no shelter; some are able to sleep in family or friends’ houses and they are constantly moving

If anyone is hoping to go on the July 2010 visit group to Rwanda and has not yet paid a £150 deposit please do ASAP. Flights will be booked Feb 10th and after that fares may go up. Give me a phone if you've any queries