Our community in Butare is near the Cathedral
One of the missions of Butare community is formation of the pre-postulants.
Pre-postulant Uwizeyemariya Yvonne shares her experience on gardening, singing and teaching at kindergarten.
I am Uwizeyemariya Yvonne, I am from Rwanda Northern province, Burera district, Byumba diocese, Bungwe parish. I started my apostolate in Butare community in August.
I am happy in the community and the apostolate; it includes working in the garden and taking care of the pigs. I also go for singing practice to the Ingoro y’urukundo sisters. I am happy about this experience.
I also work at a kindergarten school Indabo za Maria; this is a school of Brazilian sisters and they welcome and take care of poor children. I go to the apostolate every Wednesday and Thursday in the morning. We are two in the class and when I am there, I help by teaching English to the children while the other one tries to control them. I also help by giving them porridge and food. We also teach them songs in English and we do repetition. Sometimes, we change lessons depending on how they behave. When they are disturbing, we change a topic so as to control them. Sometimes, we choose to play, especially when they are crying or shouting. This takes us time and we can be late to finish. After teaching, we take time to clean the place. I feel love and happiness when I am with the children and I help them in various ways.
I can say that I am happy to do the apostolate outside and inside the community. It helps me to welcome everything I am going to do and I am grateful for this experience.
