Tonight, we three watche Hotel Rawanda. Based on a true story, it talks about the genocide in Rawanda in 1994 when almost a million people died in just 10 weeks. Can you picture that?
The thing that made me fume again, i've seen this film before - was that the west stood by idly, recuing its own nationals but leaving the Tutsis and moderate hutus to their fate... and that western interests profitted by the sale of arms to the combatants; and much of the tension arose out of European colonialization last century on. We westerners can't afford to slap ourselves on the back too hard, not at all!
Anyway, I'm not looking forward all that much to squillions of hours scrunched up in a flying tin box; dryed out air, continous background rooooar, "interesting food'... 'Hope i don't get sat next to a toddler!
I'll tell you about my study in Pasadena, about 40 minutes northwest of L.A. when I get there. last year it DELUGED for the first two days, like e Noah's Ark serious, then cleared up to Gold Coast paradisw for the rest of the time. I hear its been wet so far. It's good value! There are about twenty duded in the class, all ministers , but but but ... they are actually NORMAL, OK? Not one Mr Bean singing in church type amongst them!
here's the front of the guesthouse.... It's quite comfortable, about a five minute walk to the college itself, about 10 minutes to the shops... and about a twenty minute walk to the BEST Apple shop ever - heaven!!
Catch you soon! Rev!
