We have survivors in America. There are 9/11 survivors and Hurricane Katrina survivors. We know the death and destruction associated with these events and others like them. As tragic as this is, these survivors statistically make up only a tiny fraction of the population of America.
In Rwanda there are survivors. In 1994 over 1 million Rwandans were slaughtered in 100 days as the world stood by and did nothing. The genocide that occurred here was so pervasive, so incomprehensible in its size, that any Rwandan born before April 1994 is considered a
survivor . . .everyone.
No life has gone untouched. No Rwandan has gone unaffected. A nation of over 10 million living
everyday with scars that are not just physical, but emotional and spiritual as well.
Even many of those Rwandans born after the genocide were from victims of rape. Killers infected with HIV/AIDS raped women to intentionally spread the disease. Many of those children are now orphans. In fact, according to UNICEF Rwanda has one of the highest orphan proportions in the world.
That is why I spent today at Sonrise School and orphanage in northern Rwanda. Also with me was Johnnie Moore, the vice president of Liberty University and my son Josh Brewer. Sonrise is a school that I am so proud to be partnered with. It is considered the finest school and 
program in all of Rwanda and it is dedicated to helping as many orphans as possible.
Sonrise School is operated by Bishop John Rucyahana. Bishop John invited Johnny and myself to speak to his congregation this morning. Johnny delivered a powerful message this morning to hundreds of Rwandans.
We later met with the U.S. ambassador to Rwanda, Stuart Symington.
In speaking about the healing process that Rwanda is still going through, he made this statement, “The number of problems we can solve is only limited by the size of ‘we’. If ‘we’ is big enough, then there will be no more problems.”
I know that World Help’s involvement in Rwanda is part of that “we”. As I look at the orphans that are 
being raised up in a Godly atmosphere, instilled with real hope, I see a stronger future for Rwanda.
At this morning’s service we sang many songs. Since they were in a different language I could only recognize them from the tunes. But the very last song we sang was, It Is Well With My Soul. As I looked at the smiling and joyful faces singing that hymn I knew that the “we” of the church and the God they were worshiping was healing this nation of survivors.