Author: Thomas

Should anyone follow my blog regularly, you will notice there are occasionally days that I don’t post. These are days that I don’t have internet access. Today marks three weeks…

For most of the world, football is what Americans call soccer. I have no idea why we use a different word for the same sport. It seems to me that…

I am in the process of painting a chapel door at The Children’s Academy. After sanding all morning, I am now waiting for the guy who has access to the…

One of the advantages of a shorter trip to Rwanda (like my first two times) is that I can pretty easily pack enough clothes for the week and just do…

Hello. I know one of the worst things you can do in the blog world is miss a few days of posting. Unfortunately, this was beyond my control. Well, kind…

First of all, a quick shout out to my good friends at Pius X High School on your feast day today. You are the flagship school of the Lincoln Diocese,…

Mzungu (pronounced mizz ZUNG goo) is the term for white person in Rwanda. If the internet is to be believed, it has a literal meaning along the lines of “man…

Technically, I am not posting tonight. I had a long day and have some work I have to get done for the Abana Foundation. I want to summarize my interviews…

This was the first day of a normal week, but I don’t think I started off well. First of all, I worked too late last night. Then I received a…

In yesterday’s post I said I would strive for more pictures. Today, that is my goal! All of these pictures are from Immaculee Ilibagiza’s retreat center, which she named “Blue…