“Congo? Rwanda? Jewish World Watch? Janice, can I go with you?”
That’s how it started — helping people and experiencing a great adventure to add to my list of life adventures.
My initial reasons for going do not do justice to this journey. Ten days with JWW has enhanced and deepened my understanding of genocide, its victims, its perpetrators and its aftermath in ways never received from books, newscasts or The New York Times. Witnessing poverty, uncontrolled birth rates and ineffective governments have left indelible impressions on me. Janice and Naama have written specific accounts of who we met and what we experienced. I can only say that I was most impressed with the courage, dedication, tenacity and energy of the people we engaged with in both [Rwanda and Congo] who work long hours, every day, to make their people and the country they love succeed and prosper.
I learned a lot about devotion, persistence and sacrifice. Can I ever measure up? The bar is raised for me in so many ways for the rest of my life.