Elder Collison at the Johannesburg, South Africa Mission Training Center

Elder Collison at the Johannesburg, South Africa Mission Training Center

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Thanks for the pics! I miss cool weather. And grass. This is my favorite time of year back home! 
 
It's been a good week. Not the best for working though. This week is the genocide memorial week. Tuesday the 7th it started and everything was shut down. Even all the people we called said it would be impossible to meet with them and we shouldn't even bother getting out. I guess everyone gathers to their sector to share stories and cry. 
 
I think things should be getting back to normal this week. But we did find a few awesome families with a bunch of cute little kids. Transfers are today. Elder K and I are still together here. This is his last one. K3 is getting white-washed again so I'll be the youngest missionary in the house here again. :/ I've been spoiled with a fan my whole mission until last week. One night the power went off for a while then came back. The fan never did.  :(

The memorial place was sad and sick. The hardest part was the children section. The walls were covered with their smiling pictures and there were plaques with info about them. Some of their favorite things, then their last words, like "I love you" or "when is someone gonna come save us?", then the cause of death, which I don't even want to get into. It was a really disturbing and powerful place. But it's amazing to see how Rwanda has improved so much now.

Love and miss you guys!
-Elder Collison

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