If you are unaware that life is given by God and will go back to him, you become like an animal. A person has to be a Christian and to have faith, a Christian with love for others.

Q: There have been priests and sisters who participate in genocide or other killings, how can you explain it?
Maman Nestor: I really can't believe it, that's why I can't explain it. It's difficult for me to understand how a person who is devoted to God can participate in killing people. If that happened somewhere, may God forgive them and make them change.

Rose: At that time we were afraid. Fortunately Maman Nestor came to pick people in their houses. Her car wasn't big enough to carry many persons. But she tried and took few at a time. She started by taking the men, who were most at risk of being killed. Then she came back to take women. We were disguised with our children. We wore dust coloured clothes and covered our heads. This way we could easily disappear if needed to. Thus we would reach our husbands that Maman Nestor took to hide in the Archdiocese. There we found many people. Some were injured. Others had their clothes stained in blood. We stayed in the Archdiocese for more than two months.

Q: How did Maman Nestor save you?
Rose: She really saved us. And there were many of us. Later she discovered that she could bring many other persons who would otherwise be killed in their homes. She made many trips in her car, bringing in injured persons. She started with men. I came on foot with other women. She hid us in a safe place with others.

Nelson: Here in Gitega, there haven't been war as such, because civilians didn't kill each other until the soldiers came. We run away in groups. Then soldiers came in armoured cars, and started to kill people. They were acting crazy.