Take Me With You Podcast

(Ep. 119) Rwanda with Andrea Krook

February 08, 2021 Ryan & Cheryl Season 3 Episode 15
Take Me With You Podcast
(Ep. 119) Rwanda with Andrea Krook
Show Notes

Andrea shares about traveling to Rwanda to meet her sponsor child, learn about the country’s tragic history, and enjoy the culture and excursions. 


Travel Story - Rwanda 

  • When we can travel again, everyone should travel to Rwanda 
  • Was sponsoring a child in Rwanda and wanted to meet that child 
    • World Vision was the sponsoring organization, so they helped guide her through the process and provided some staff in country as points of contact 
    • Her sponsor child had survived the genocide as a 4 year old! 
      • Couldn’t change her past, but was able to be a part of her future 
  • Learn the history 
    • 1994 Genocide 
    • Hutu people group and the Tutsis people group 
      • 800,000 people died, mostly Tutsis, from April - July 1994 
    • The country has done a good job of working to rebuild and overcome the genocide 
    • Many memorials around the country 
      • Nyamata church memorial 
      • You can go to the crypt and see how they died 
    • Important to feel how terrible things in history happened so that we can prevent them from happening again 
    • Basket weaving social entrepreneurship day trip
    • Got to visit a Rwandan family and have a home cooked dinner with them 
  • Also went on a gorilla trek 
    • A day pass into the park is $1500 
      • Worth it because it’s good for the local economy and good for the gorillas 
      • Grouped by trekking ability 
      • You can hire someone to carry your bag 
      • Get no closer than 20 feet...but you can’t make a gorilla obey that 
    • Virunga mountains - on the border of the Congo 


Wish You Were Here

Cheryl: Chocolatería San Ginés, Madrid, Spain 

Andrea: Donnie Chin International Children's Park, Seattle, WA 

Ryan: Manito Park, Spokane, WA 


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Andrea’s Art: www.etsy.com/shop/andreakrooksart 

Sponsor a Child: cotni.org 

Book recommendation: Software of the Mind, Geert Hofstede