Jacqueline: I saw him coming to save us. He was ill, and he needed a cane to support him.

Evariste: I found Jacqueline with her brother, her sister in law, and their children.

Jacqueline: An old man of the village came and told Evariste, "If you can do something for them, please do it quickly. They are in danger if they stay here." Killings were being organized for that night.

Evariste: I told them that they better move from that place because it was not safe.

Jacqueline: "We should go on separate ways so that they won't discover you are coming with me," Evariste said. "We'll meet on the other hill." We climbed the hill and arrived at his house. He fed us and gave us a place to sleep.

Evariste: Early in the morning, I accompanied them to a bus to Ruyigi where it was going to be safer for them. Only then did I feel relieved that I have done my duty.

You see I'm a Hutu. The persons I saved are Tutsi. But we've been created by the same God. I am catechist. Till now Jacqueline is like a sister. We have a good relationship.

Jacqueline: I can say Evariste saved me. I spent many days in fear. There were people looking to kill me. If it was not for him, I would have been killed. Evariste is like a father to me. At that time I saw his arrival as a miracle from God. The next day we were going to be killed.