Today was a long drive through rwanda. Very cramped, very packed.
Made it to Kibungo and filmed 3 families who survived the genocide. Heard their stories. They are amazing. Most everyone here had a family member slashed apart by a machete or shot in cold blood. One man we talked to lost 4 of his 8 children, his HUTU neighbors killed them. Another man fled from the intrahamwe into the jungle for a few weeks and was almost killed 3 times. finally he was rescued and was sent to a refugee camp. He thought his whole family was dead, but at the camp he suddenly ran into his wife and kids.......the stories just go on and on.
Have to go. Tonight I will go outside into the jungle a bit and find a place to sit and watch the stars, if I can.
I am in a very rural area right now.
Rwanda is beautiful.
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