It is incredible how life can be so unpredictable. Sometimes you don’t understand things happening to you. Sometimes, you think that things happening to others are fictions. But, yes, life is full of hard to understand events some amazing some terrifying. That is how life is.
Some people say that Rwanda is a country of 1000 hills and 2000 smiles. I would add that it is also a country of thousands and thousands of mysteries. Among other mysteries that are not hard to find in Rwanda, I will focus in this memorial period on this blog to express what happened to me and my family member during Genocide.
Let me disclose how much it hurts to spend every single day knowing that all people you loved were butchered probably while you were watching.
Let me say how hard it feels to be helpless having millions of people hunting and everyone ready to kill or denounce to the killers.
Oh, It is really unfair. But we must go on. We must live. We must forgive. We must smile. We must study and excel. We must be model citizen.
In our own context sometimes it is only a torture. We live in a society whereby we are targeted by the killers or their families. Because, they think we hold testimonies.
I hope that the realities that I’ll share with you in this particular period will positively contribute to your understanding.
This my family photo. Except my self (in the middle) others have been murdered.
“Tuzahora Iteka Tubibuka. Ubutwari bwanyu bwatubereye impamba.”
Sam’s story will always be on my soul and he always be my friend. I am a truly believer that if we have more Sam in our world this world will be a better place for all.
Thanks Sam for your story and your hope….
Sergio
Yesterday, not even realizing that this was the genocide memorial time in Rwanda, I woke up and put on my “I heart Kigali” t-shirt. Throughout the day many people I encountered asked me what Kigali was. I was surprised by the fact that some of my fellow Bostonians did not seem to know world geography and even more surprised that many were not aware of the severity of these horrific events that happened less than twenty years ago.
Sam, please continue to share your personal history and that of your country. Only through the sharing of personal stories can others fully comprehend what has happened. And perhaps through that understanding more people will be inclined to work toward preventing future tragedies.
I commend you for doing this.
Sam, my good friend and colleague, you are heroic and pure inspiration.
Your story is being heard far and wide.
With an open heart to your clarity and truth, Joy
Dear Sam,
It was an honor to meet you this past week. Your story, like those of other survivors I met throughout the years, are beyond words. Thank you for sharing them as everyone can learn much about humanity by hearing them. Rwanda is a place I feel a strong connection to. It is possibly because of stories like yours that I continue to go there, find strength and feel at home. Blessings to you.
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thanks alot Sam for your invitation on your healingfull blog.It is a geat step .althaugh it is not easy but courageous. i wish it could also be shared by more other people who have not yet got a chance of writing testimonies because it is a good way of fullfilling the wide gap that many parents were refused by those animality people to fill.and it is also the best way of protecting our history against those who want to destroy our future,
Please courage continue writing more and i hope this will encourage more others to write more too.
May God guide you in all your projects!
be blessed!!
”NTIBAKAZIME WARAROKOTSE”!!!!!