I woke up today to the sound of wailing in the neighborhood and knew that somewhere near someone had died. Later I learned that a 2-1/2 year old child had died in the night. The wailing continued until it was …
Apr 08
Congolese refugees learning recording skills
Felix, age 24, and Richard, age 23, are in a 6 month internship to learn how to record and mix music at a local studio in Kitengela, Kenya. This training is one of several initiatives the Kitengela Covenant Church is …
Apr 05
NEW COLLEAGUE JOINS US IN CONGO
What a joy it is to have Marta Klein join us in Congo. Marta, a physician’s assistant from Salina, KS, will serve in Karawa after she completes ~7 weeks of Lingala study. She just arrived from France where she studied …
Mar 29
Do This and You Will Live
“Do this and you will live” was the theme of our Covenant missionary spiritual retreat at Kribi, Cameroon last week. 24 Covenant missionaries from 4 countries across Africa gathered at the Hotel Ilomba on the beach. It is a beautiful …
Mar 03
Courage in Sudan
Dave Husby, Director of Covenant World Relief, just shared this story:
…I keep meeting amazing people on this trip. Elizabeth is a 30 year old widow living in Malakal, Sudan. In addition to her 5 children she is also caring
Mar 02
Not to Be Sold or Exchanged
Yep, that’s what the label on the bottle of oil said, so should we buy it or not? What would you do?
Here’s the entire context. The local elementary school at Bokonzo participates in the UNICEF program that gives all …
Feb 24
OUTSTANDING Offering to Repair Church Roof
Praise the Lord! The Bokonzo congregation gave an outstanding offering to repair the church roof on Feb 6th.
During the few days leading up to the 6th, they received gifts for 7 kilos of roofing nails and 4 of the …
Feb 17
Food and Cooks at Pastors Conference
The cooks at the Pastors Conference did an outstanding job.
2,245 pastors and spouses attended. A conference does not work in Congo like it does in the US where we all head out to neighboring restaurants to eat. Here there …
Feb 04
RADICAL
“Do we really believe Jesus is worth abandoning everything for?”
“Do you and I believe him enough to obey him and to follow him wherever he leads, even when the crowds in our culture—and maybe in our church—turn the other …
Feb 03
Bikes in Congo
It was fascinating to see all the bicycles parked right around the meeting shelter the first day of the Pastors Conference. Notice the way some of their loads are tied on. They are using strips of inner tube to tie …
