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Fun with Family

Just finished a great game of Liverpool Rummy with our kids in Chicago.  Some other fun things we’ve done:

– enjoyed Chicago deep-dish pizza from Lou Malnati’s, ball-park hot dogs, Ann Sather’s cinnamon rolls, BBQ hamburgers, and picnics in the …

We moved in!!

We moved into our new home!!  Praise the Lord!

We have 4 rooms painted, doors on our BR and the bathroom, everything works in the bathroom, very little furniture or places to put anything, 12 v lights that work great-thanks …

Roads in Gemena

We took these shots as we drove from the airport to Bokonzo the day of our arrival on April 7, 2010.  Note the variations in the roads.

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Congo from the Air

These shots were filmed from the JAARS (Wycliffe) plane as we left Bangui and flew to Gemena.  The sand bar in the Ubangi river just S of Bangui was fascinating.  Then we flew over the Bau station.  You can see …

Welcome to Bokonzo!

After a long wait we were able to get some video clips back to the US and uploaded to our blog.  This little movie is of the welcome for us when we arrived at Bokonzo, the church headquarters.  The lady …

House Dedication

We were richly blessed today as all the leaders of the CEUM came over to bless our house.  Following the Monday morning chapel service, we invited all those attending to come for a time of blessing. 

There was singing, What

Lots of Activity at the House

There has been LOTS of activity at our house over the past week and it’s looking better and better.  In the following pictures you see them working on the ceiling and starting to paint the ceiling in our bedroom.  As …

Control: Peter’s lament

This blog entry is inspired by personal reflection on the issue of CONTROL.  While most of our blog entries are news and updates related to our ministry in Congo, we will also try to note things we have observed.  

Control- …

Visa Interview Praise!

PRAISE THE LORD Vice-President Liwawa ELENGA was granted his US visa yesterday morning, May 13.  Thank you all for the many prayers.

We are grateful for the assistance of the Consul at the Embassy.  He gave us good guidance and …

May Ekstrand Newsletter

May 6, 2010

Dear family and friends,

We returned to Gemena on Wednesday, May 5 after spending two weeks in Kinshasa.  It is good to be “home” at Bokonzo, even though home remains 2 rooms in the guest house.  It …

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