tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post3754737813246490610..comments2014-01-09T15:33:16.107-05:00Comments on Life of a Thousand Hills: Mourning and LearningAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629615481809545626noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-72151533734307881292010-08-31T18:07:12.725-04:002010-08-31T18:07:12.725-04:00It sounds like such a great idea to send all the o...It sounds like such a great idea to send all the old <a href="http://www.piperlime.com/products/kids-shoes.jsp" rel="nofollow">kids shoes</a> to people in need! I will have to go look through my closet.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188251027003777686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-41073659936583951362010-05-01T16:25:49.831-04:002010-05-01T16:25:49.831-04:00D is for Doyle,
What a tremendous day, week that ...D is for Doyle,<br /><br />What a tremendous day, week that you had. Thank you for sharing this experience with us all and mostly for educating me on what happened to these people - what strength these women, men and children have - and what strength you have to see it, experience it and write so beautifully about it. <br /><br />We think life is tough...psst...no way. What a lesson in resilience and pure compassion - and sister, I need that in my life! <br /><br />Thank you for writing and let us see this through your words, pictures and amazing journey. I'm blessed for knowing you and calling you my friend and sister. <br /><br />Love you, miss your face. Lots. <br /><br />Always,<br />DanaDanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630324327424824569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-76025497273323051502010-04-29T23:01:48.678-04:002010-04-29T23:01:48.678-04:00Mandy: This is the first time I've read your ...Mandy: This is the first time I've read your blog and I'm so incredibly moved. Sitting here thinking, praying and crying - you are experiencing something I can't really imagine - in a faraway land that it so foreign to me. I pray for all the children, the people and the country that you are blessing with your spirit, love and kindness. Please keep writing because it is a gift for all of us to hear about Rwanda through your eyes and heart. Stay safe and God Bless. Love you! MimiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-4625560085208316812010-04-13T16:15:23.248-04:002010-04-13T16:15:23.248-04:00Hi Sister,
Sorry for the delayed comment. I was ...Hi Sister,<br /><br />Sorry for the delayed comment. I was packing my bags and getting a few vaccinations. Thanks so much for taking us along on your journey to this beautiful land. Let me know when you're ready for visitors.<br /><br />Much love,<br />LouLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777136712463200626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-22764469194781052982010-04-09T21:18:11.417-04:002010-04-09T21:18:11.417-04:00Goodness, such tech troubles for me trying to post...Goodness, such tech troubles for me trying to post a comment. Argh. Anyway, nothing spectacular to share, just a word of thanks for sharing your experiences with us. I look forward to learning more about this country through you. Finally, please know that I think what you are doing is truly amazing!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278279174569730517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-13951135296010811432010-04-09T10:33:49.908-04:002010-04-09T10:33:49.908-04:00Thank you for sharing your journey with us. My he...Thank you for sharing your journey with us. My heart breaks for the people there. Many prayers!Paul & Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12402497047002135218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-39793214330953220722010-04-08T21:56:41.340-04:002010-04-08T21:56:41.340-04:00Thank you for giving a voice to the voiceless. You...Thank you for giving a voice to the voiceless. Your courage and strength are to be admired. I just know you are going to do amazing things in this next year. Especially now that you have a stove.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10429897670200781848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-21804030193109509382010-04-08T21:38:30.652-04:002010-04-08T21:38:30.652-04:00Amanda,
Thank you for taking us with you on your ...Amanda, <br />Thank you for taking us with you on your journey. I'll send you light and love everyday.<br />xoxo,<br />StaceyStaceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567809188631251564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-29337189541293769502010-04-08T21:09:19.444-04:002010-04-08T21:09:19.444-04:00I am so glad that I'll learn so much more abou...I am so glad that I'll learn so much more about Rwanda by following your blog. Thank you for your riveting, hard, beautiful words and pictures. <br /><br />My first Compassion sponsor child is from Rwanda and is all grown up now. She survived the genocide. I know it's a LOOOONG shot, but if you run across her in Christian circles, her name is Mukanoheri Subuga. She is about 27 yrs old. <br /><br />Bless you in all you do!Anna Whiston-Donaldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14921348961654008115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-2576284527476412132010-04-08T17:50:14.107-04:002010-04-08T17:50:14.107-04:00I am so glad to have this connection to the here a...I am so glad to have this connection to the here and now in Rwanda. And to know that there are people willing to give voice to those who are voiceless. I am looking forward to following Sister's story.<br /><br />The movie, Hotel Rwanda, came out several years ago and tells the story of a hotel manager who worked to save his fellow men and women during the genocide. It is harrowing, but not too graphic in its telling of the story. If I were still teaching non-Western history to 9th graders, we'd be watching it in class.vrwfoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959635991753534155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-79396450531822119832010-04-08T16:14:49.060-04:002010-04-08T16:14:49.060-04:00I'm so happy to see Bonzo's words. You...I'm so happy to see Bonzo's words. You've been missed.thegoodwenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040494335007144939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-26569191478597846082010-04-08T16:00:34.331-04:002010-04-08T16:00:34.331-04:00Doyle,
You don't know how wonderful it was to ...Doyle,<br />You don't know how wonderful it was to "hear" your voice through your posts. Although I am selfishly missing Maya's kooky Aunt D, I am so, so grateful that you will get the opportunity to grow and learn and help such an amazing place. As our country seems to grow more and more divided over money, race, who should be allowed to marry who, etc., what a lesson to see people who have gone through hell at each others' hands be able to come together. I look forward to reading more.... and hurry up and find a charity for G to donate to - otherwise she is going to try and adopt 400 Rwandan orphans. And is anyone surprised that Bonzo actually has been in a wheelchair at Disney World?<br />xoxo, klingKatiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965942261155969669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-88937667705298913452010-04-08T14:18:09.399-04:002010-04-08T14:18:09.399-04:00Sister, I have been praying for you everyday..a bi...Sister, I have been praying for you everyday..a big part of me wishes I could go and experience this amazing journey with you..but I know me.. and you would probably have to spend alot of energy and time bailing me out of jail there for trying to abduct homeless children to bring home with me. i am a bleeding heart for those in distress and I could not after meeting them just leave them alone... i am just not that strong.. i am in awe of you and your strength for going there to make a difference..maybe one day I will make an attempt to do the same..but in the interum, please let me know how we can help.. is there an organization there that needs clothes, shoes..(omg.. do i have a ton of kids shoes..)blankets? kids stuff in general? I am ready willing and able to ship stuff..whenever..Be safe.. and I will be checking this blog just as obsessively as i do Momastery:) JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-51040561877275530452010-04-08T13:50:15.323-04:002010-04-08T13:50:15.323-04:00What a horrific story, I had no idea. Thanks for ...What a horrific story, I had no idea. Thanks for taking time from your busy life to help those beautiful people and to share your journey with us. Much love to you in Rwanda.Michelle Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10417586383766641548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-78318977028535714292010-04-08T13:08:19.027-04:002010-04-08T13:08:19.027-04:00"What all these victims need above all is to ..."What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices are stifled we shall lend them ours, that while their freedom depends on ours, the quality of our freedom depends on theirs." <br />— Elie Wiesel<br /><br />Mandy, thank you for making the world a little smaller for me today. Thank you for teaching us about these beautiful people in this beautiful land and the horrific crimes against them. Thank you for having the courage to show them they're not forgotten or alone. Thank you for believing that your freedom only has worth if it is used to secure their freedom. I didn't even know "child-led families" existed before today. Please tell us how we can help you, and lend these children our voices.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233811366883571827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-41467280256840768332010-04-08T12:59:01.431-04:002010-04-08T12:59:01.431-04:00Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us...Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us, Amanda. May God keep you and strengthen you as you work to give a voice to those who have been silenced for so long. Be safe.Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02512151319148366964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-3013013051513796482010-04-08T12:27:28.670-04:002010-04-08T12:27:28.670-04:00Godspeed, Mandy.
Love,
MK
(PS - I'm using Ka...Godspeed, Mandy.<br /><br />Love,<br />MK<br /><br />(PS - I'm using Katie's Google account because I don't have one. She'd approve, I'm sure.) :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02153873774300401841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-13000747567513456922010-04-08T12:19:55.845-04:002010-04-08T12:19:55.845-04:00Sister,
We'll never have a single excuse for ...Sister,<br /><br />We'll never have a single excuse for unforgiveness as long as we both shall live, will we?<br /><br /><br />I love you, and I already know you know what I'm thinking and feeling when I look at those pictures of those babies. Who are the most beautiful babies on Earth maybe. So I won't bother telling you. <br /><br />Tomorrow's post will be this link again, since I screwed it up this morning. <br /><br />Please find us a project, Sister. A family, an orphanage, you'll know when you see it. The Monkees are ready to swing into action. So to speak.<br /><br />I love you so much that I need to invent a new way to say it. <br /><br />Love, GGlennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103329694484190302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-74713659571159399602010-04-08T11:55:15.344-04:002010-04-08T11:55:15.344-04:00Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
I l...Thank you so much for sharing your experience.<br />I love the willingness to learn that you are bringing to this experience-- and your willingness to help others to better understand. I was teaching non-Western history in the mid-1990's and taught about Rwanda, and I look forward to learning more about what is happening right now. The picture of people gathering to mourn is so moving-- and I don't think there is any other way to move forward than with honesty and humility. And still there are smiles and kindness, even after all that pain.<br />For me, that is Easter.<br />God Bless this journey you are taking.<br /><br />PS The word verification I just got for this comment is "potes," which just happens to be Latin for "you can." As in you can do hard things.vrwfoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959635991753534155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-10262011547292372132010-04-08T11:45:26.655-04:002010-04-08T11:45:26.655-04:00Sweet Sister,
What a precious gift you are. Than...Sweet Sister, <br />What a precious gift you are. Thank you for your commitment to life, and sharing it with others. A few years back my girls and I made string bracelets with little cross charms that we wore all the time to remind us to pray for an orphanage in Uganda that was caught up in legal difficulties...we've decided to make new bracelets, that we will wear all the time to remind us to pray for Sweet Sister Mandy and all of the amazing souls she will encounter in Rwanda.<br />God Bless you Sister.<br /><br />Sunnysunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700539526166504726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-72983913287563272092010-04-08T11:01:17.104-04:002010-04-08T11:01:17.104-04:00Sweet friend,
Thank you for letting us see some o...Sweet friend,<br /><br />Thank you for letting us see some of what you're seeing and feel a bit of what you're feeling. This fills me with quiet awe: "the thousands who met there to remember the unspeakable human cruelty and to resolve, against every human instinct, to live peacefully and gracefully in spite of it." Compared to climbing these formidable hills, I think my life has been more akin to being pushed in a wheelchair around Disney World. (I have, in fact, been pushed in a wheelchair around Disney World.) And, yes, you're six years old and you have the croup and no one's getting any sleep because you have to either sit in the steam shower or drive around all night with the windows down, but C'MON! You're in Disney World! And you just finished riding Space Mountain for the 18th time in a row. And you and your sweet ole' Dad are taking turns: one rests, one pushes. I think that's essentially been the extent of my life troubles: not feeling my best at a theme park. Reading this, at least, renders any others invisible for the moment.<br /><br />Rwanda: we honor you and we mourn with you.<br /><br />xoxo,<br /><br />bonzobonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122060893685294395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-17706968110920460022010-04-08T10:17:01.365-04:002010-04-08T10:17:01.365-04:00You are teaching me much. Thank you, Amanda.You are teaching me much. Thank you, Amanda.Josiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05327199132963922697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-21095256326097411462010-04-08T10:10:23.179-04:002010-04-08T10:10:23.179-04:00Thanks for opening up your blog to us Monkees, Ama...Thanks for opening up your blog to us Monkees, Amanda :) It will be great to get a glimpse of your journey over there. <br /><br />I think the Rwanda story is a really sad one. I remember hearing about the genocide going on when I was in high school, at about the same time of learning about the holocaust and all the events leading up to World War II. I remember just feeling sick that it seemed it was happening again, and still we couldn't/didn't stop it. Reading about it in your blog makes me sick and angry all over again. But reading about what you're doing over there fills me up with hope - hope for forgiveness, refreshing, and a new start. I know it might sound cheesy, but I really mean this: God Bless you!!!!!Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01158298684499389201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-13202491875400472802010-04-08T09:24:42.516-04:002010-04-08T09:24:42.516-04:00Sister Doyle, I am so so pleased to be able to rea...Sister Doyle, I am so so pleased to be able to read about your adventure on this blog. The first two entries have already been so moving and incredible, not to mention educational. I can picture you over there ready to burst at any second with all that you are learning and experiencing emotionally. I am looking forward to reading every day. Miss you and love you so much!<br />Sister BurkeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633287170959356988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934086182773915027.post-54957937507298813782010-04-08T09:09:25.234-04:002010-04-08T09:09:25.234-04:00I only hope this is a lesson to people everywhere,...I only hope this is a lesson to people everywhere, and a reminder that all it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to remain silent. To think that this happened in my own lifetime makes me heartsick. These people are amazing in their grace... I think about things like this all time, though I have never had the opportunity to witness any of it firsthand. Today these miraculous people will be first and foremost in my mind and in my heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com