God Sleeps in Rwanda

My advisor Joseph Seberenzi spoke last night at school about his autobiography titled God Sleeps in Rwanda. He is such a peaceful person it is difficult to believe how much he and his family suffered in the Rwandan genocide.

Joseph said that God travels all over the world, but comes home at night to sleep in Rwanda and that is why he called his book that, with the subtitle of "A Journey of Transformation."

He told us a story of a teacher who asked his students if they could tell the difference between night and day. One student said day was when you could see two animals in the distance and could tell that one was a goat and one was a dog. No, that's not it. Another student said day was when you could see two people in the distance and could tell that one was a man and one was a woman. No, that's not it. The teacher said day was when you can see two people and know that one was your brother and one was your sister. Then night was over.

Joseph also talked about the three pilars of his life. One was peace, one was spirituality, and one was physical health and emotional well being. After all he and his family have experienced, he knows that peace and reconciliation are the most important things to live and work for. He is a Christian, but believes that whatever a person's faith, the human race is all one family. And he takes care of his health because if his body is not healthy, he won't be able to do his life's work and he will not be peaceful.

Joseph is such an inspiration. I look forward to reading his book.