“The place is very dry. Camels are the means of transport in this region,” reported Pastor Simon Kamau, Moderator of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Kenya (ECCK) after his team returned from distributing $5,000 worth of corn, bean, rice and …
Aug 29
Success and Failure with Artemisia
Which do we talk about—the 10% success or the 90% failure? We had both. Whichever we focus on, we have learned some things in the process.
We are trying to grow Artemisia, Artemisia annua anamed, which is used extensively around …
Aug 25
Moringa to fight Malnutrition
A colleague of ours in Congo, Marta Klein, has started growing Moringa in order to help fight malnutrition in Congo. The little seedlings are growing strong! Check out her blog and the post on Moringa that she wrote. To …
Aug 18
Successful fields of corn in South Sudan
Thanks to the partnership between the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan (ECCS) and Community Covenant Church in Scotts Valley, CA these fields of corn are growing well in Malakal.
Community Covenant initiated an agricultural project with the ECCS …
Aug 16
Graduation reception Congo style
Sunday afternoon we attended the graduation reception for Giselle Nkakala who graduated from the Institut Superior Technique Medical (ITSM) on Saturday. ISTM is the university level nursing school in Gemena. It was a
festive affair with over 100 in attendance …
Aug 01
HOME AGAIN – YIPPEE!!
Yes, you read that right: we flew home to Gemena on Saturday. It was a long time in time and a confusing morning, but we’re home. On Friday, Pastor Danu, the man who checks on the flights in Kinshasa, checked …
Jul 27
1 + 1 + 1 = 1
Really? That doesn’t make sense. Maybe not normally, but in Congo this month it does. To return after our US vacation we fly commercial from Kinshasa to Gemena. So we bought a ticket on Hewa Bora airlines only to have …
Jul 25
It’s a Small World After All
It’s really fascinating how many times we end of making connections with people we meet in various places across Africa. Here’s one more. For the week we’re waiting for a plane to take us home to Gemena we’re staying at …
Jul 19
Delayed in Toronto
Sunday we left Chicago anticipating that we would continue on to Kinshasa with a change in Toronto and Brussels. However, we missed the connection due to two issues. First, the United schedule from Chicago to Toronto changed to 30 minutes …
Jun 16
Remodeling as mission work?
Can remodeling be work for a missionary? Well sometimes it just may be as you have to prepare housing for arriving missionaries. Over the month of May we oversaw the repairs and some remodeling of a house for Paul & …
