August 14 was a great day of celebration–the first graduation of students from Ubangi Protestant University, UPU! There were 1,220 people in attendance for the 2-1/2 hour service in town as this 2-year old university conferred Masters in Theology degrees …
Aug 21
Fiasco Engineering
Fiasco engineering is a “technical” term our technical service people have used in Congo for years. They say their motto is “we don’t ask you how you broke it and you don’t ask us how we fixed it.”
So what …
Aug 14
Ordination in Bangui
Last weekend we traveled to Bangui, CAR on Friday to attend the ordination of Pastor, now Reverend, Jean Bete on Sunday August 8. Bangui is 260 km (150 miles) from Gemena. We accepted the invitation to come along because we …
Aug 13
Meet the Snyders & Larsens
On Wednesday of this week, we enjoyed meeting Sam & Sarah Snyder and Aaron & Michelle Larsen.
These two couples recently returned and are settling in to live and work at the Elikia (hope) center on the outskirts of town, …
Aug 06
Tim & Helen Smith joined us in Congo
Tim & Helen Smith arrived last Friday to join our missionary team in Congo. The Smiths spent 3 weeks in Equatorial Guinea during which they visited their friends and the churches they worked in over the past 10 years. They …
Jul 26
Praise God for a Safe Trip
We arrived safely back in Gemena this evening. 3 hours from Gbado-Lite to Loko yesterday and then 13 from Loko to Gemena which included +2 hours in Karawa to repair 2 flat tires. More stories to come. We’re pretty tired.…
Jul 24
WHAT A ROAD!
I’ve tried to come up with adjectives that can best describe the road I drove to Loko on Thursday and I don’t know that any are adequate. It was probably the most treacherous road I’ve driven here. Treacherous because there …
Jul 14
Back in Gemena!
We arrived safely in Gemena this morning at 10am. Cindy’s ear did not give her any problems. The two pieces of luggage we checked arrived fine. The remainder of our trunks plus some other stuff we purchased in Kin will …
Jul 06
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 …
Jun 07
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 …
