Jan 022012
 

An earlier post mentioned our attempt to go out with the fishermen. We didn’t manage it but on our walk back we heard singing coming from this building and realized it was a church. The entrance was via a steep muddy slope, and it was raining. The church was full of people singing and dancing. It turned out that they were practicing to film a DVD the next day in a garden just up lake Kivu’s shoreline from our hotel.

The next night we went down to the dock again so I could take some photos of the fishermen departing. Singing could be heard from the church once again and we found the choir practicing. We were greeted with the same friendliness as the night before, which we’d come to expect everywhere we went in Rwanda. This time I had my camera out and once it was spotted they asked if I’d like to take some photos. I’d noticed this vantage point the night before and went straight up the partially constructed stairs. The night before I’d have gotten very wet up here. I asked about the roof and it turns out that they’re in the process of expanding the church.

Between the fishermen singing their way in and out and the church’s bells in the morning followed by the songs of the choir there’s always some sound to be heard in this little area of Gisenyi.

Interior of church in Gisenyi, Rwanda with an unfinished roof open to the stormy sky and the local choir practicing.

 January 2, 2012  Africa, Rwanda, Travel, Zambia  Add comments

  4 Responses to “Church in Progress”

  1. […] just above the beach. If you look at this photo in full size you can see the church featured in this post. Just to the right of the frame is the dock where the fishermen set out every night and returned […]

  2. great colours!!!……. kind of a sad picture, but very very artistic!!!!!!

  3. I bet the sounds must have been wonderful. It looks like they have quite a lot of work to complete that roof! The sky is so beautiful in your photo!

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