“I am so grateful you came to see us again,” said one of the women in Fangok. “I remember your visit when you stayed with the commissioner [in 2009]. Only James has come back since then, but now you have …
Nov 27
Bokonzo primary school is coming along
I enjoyed this short video of the progress on the Bokonzo primary school. It looks like good workmanship. Thanks to colleague Christine Buettgen for filming and posting the video.
Nov 12
Welcome to Malakal, South Sudan
Parading part of the way to the church after we arrived today is part of the way we were welcomed. It was a beautiful sunny day as you can see, but not as warm as we expected, only about 85 …
Nov 08
CHE impacting villages in Congo
In the village of Bobanga Yange SIBA was one of the men selected by the Bodokola church conference![lady filling her bucket [800x600]](/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/11/lady-filling-her-bucket-800x600.jpg)
to attend the Community Health Evangelism (CHE) training we held in February 2012. Upon returning Yange shared what he learned with the …
Sep 14
Kikwiti touched by love for girls in Congo
“Only 30 girls are attending primary school and 10 girls are attending secondary school out of over
2,000 girls in the Libala church region”, shared Rev. Corine Kikwiti. “My heart was so sad when I heard these statistics. I asked …
Aug 22
Racial Reconciliation or Racial Righteousness?
“Reconciliation means to bring back together again in love and friendship” said Peter Sjobloom, facilitator of the abbreviated Invitation to Racial Righteousness I participated in recently. This is Webster’s definition of reconciliation. Sjobloom then asked, “Is that really what we …
Aug 21
The auction sale
Recently I mentioned to a friend that I was going to go to a sale where they auctioned off a wide variety of farm equipment. They asked me, well what do you mean? I went on to try to describe …
Aug 01
Covenant Kids Congo project in action
The Covenant Kids Congo (CKC) powered by World Vision project in the Gemena area of Congo is moving forward. I just received these pictures from Rev. Mboka, President of the Congo Covenant Church (CEUM is the French acronym). …
Jul 12
Missionary family gathering
I felt richly blessed last Saturday evening with conversation and singing with missionary colleagues and children of colleagues at Jeff & Carolyn Stoker’s house in Vista, CA. It was a rich, rich feeling of pleasure being together with a precious …
Jun 21
Kenya Covenant Leader Visits Iowa Farms
Pastor Simon Kamau, President of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Kenya, visited several Iowa farms a couple weeks ago. Simon came to the US to take a course on pastoral counseling at Denver Seminary. We got the pleasure of hosting …
