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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Jun 02
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 …
Jun 01
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 …
May 31
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 …
May 25
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 …
May 17
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- …
May 14
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 13
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 …
May 08
Living in Two Worlds
Do you ever feel like you live in two worlds? We did while we were in Kinshasa. Two weeks ago today, we were invited out to Rod and Valerie Hochstetler’s home for the afternoon. Rod and Pete went to a
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May 01
HOW’S THIS FOR CAMPING OUT?
We saw these tourist vehicles in Kinshasa at the Protestant Guest House where we are staying.
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This support vehicle had this website on it: www.overlandexperience.com. We don’t know where they are going, but this is a safe place to park.
