I am Pastor Jonas. I can now smile again. Three of my children died in the war in Congo. I have no idea where two others are. I live here in Kenya with my grandchildren who are all refugees. God …
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Jan 11
Jacqueline’s Story
My name is Jacqueline Nyamahirwe. I arrived in Kenya in February 2009 as a refugee from Congo. My husband Gatore and I have six children. Initially life here was very hard, but the Kitengela Covenant Church has helped me find …
Jan 07
David’s Story
My name is David Mutabazi. I am 16 years old and I came to Kenya with my uncle as a refugee from Congo. My father died in the war and I do not know whether my mother and siblings are …
Dec 28
Sight — what a Christmas gift!!
Three years after going blind from cataracts, Mbiakoy Mbango received sight in one eye the week before Christmas. Mbiakoy is in the center of the photo. Also pictured are his son and wife. Hallelujah! What a Christmas gift! The prophet …
Dec 21
Border Crossing at Zongo
Border crossings can be such fun. 🙂 Here is what we experienced leaving Bangui and crossing the Ubangi River to enter Congo at Zongo.
To leave CAR (Central African Republic – the capital of which is Bangui) you have to …
Dec 15
The Road to Zongo
These two bridges on the road to Zongo can make life interesting.
Can you tell that the first bridge has been repaired? There are nice logs on the Right instead of the twisted beams. And on the left they don’t …
Nov 08
Beautiful farmland in central Kenya
Today we drove a couple hours NNE of Nairobi to visit the Kandara Covenant Church. The terraced farmland around there is beautiful. I was continuously fascinated by the terraces on the steep land. We also saw creative inter-cropping systems: coffee …
Nov 04
Moses: I serve a great God
“What are you afraid of and how did God help you with that fear? How did He respond to your prayers? These were the questions Cindy asked the congregation as she taught from Joshua 1:1-9 in Nasir, Sudan. Moses Rick …
Nov 01
Pete’s Riverboat Reflections
Thursday, we were up and ready to go waiting for James to return from visiting a couple aunts he had not seen in 19 years. He had left before 5h30 to go visit them some distance away. His last time …
Oct 29
Where is AAA when you need them?
Yes, where is AAA when you run out of gas on a trip, or did we forget to add the coverage for a river trip in Sudan? Maybe we were a bit out of their network of accepted road(boat?) side …
