Solace USA, Inc. is a Christian based, tax-exempt. non-profit, non-political organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code for 1984, as amended.
Solace USA, Inc. is a Christian based, tax-exempt. non-profit, non-political organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code for 1984, as amended.
April 2009 Team Visit
Submitted by: Caitlin Milbauer
Going to Rwanda changed my life, for the best. Before going I really never knew what it was to be brothers and sisters in Christ. All my years going to church I would hear the pastor say "for in Christ we are all brothers and sisters" but the moment I would need help or just plain friendly fellowship I would very rarely (if ever) get it from the Christians that quoted these verses to me. It was only when I went to the grounds of Solace that I truly experienced the love of God.
On our first full day there I
shared something that has been deeply eating at my soul for four long years
with a group of about 200 widows and orphans. For the first time in my life
I was accepted with love, compassion and accountability.
These people did not know me but they came up and stood alongside of me and
held me as I wept. With the help and love that both Jean a
nd Ben have given
me, it is only now that I truly know the joy of what it means to be brothers
and sisters in Christ. Now that I'm back in the states it is the first time
in my life that I have been home sick, not for my family in Wisconsin, but
for my new family in Rwanda.
